Stop the Basin Reserve Flyover!
Part of the Ngauranga to Airport Strategy is a proposed massive concrete flyover across the northern frontage of the Basin Reserve.
Public consultation showing 79 per cent opposition to the flyover has been ignored by the New Zealand Transport Agency and the Greater Wellington Regional Council in giving approval for the structure.
The Basin Reserve is an oasis for pedestrians and cyclists heading into the city, which would be destroyed if the flyover is built.
The flyover would lift traffic above the Basin Reserve fenceline. Traffic noise and pollution would be blown across the cricket ground. It won’t solve traffic congestion, only in move it to a new position 300 metres away. Drivers might save an average 55 seconds in travel time.
This isn’t worth destroying the character of the Basin Reserve and its neighbourhood.
What can you do?
A campaign is being organised in Wellington to stop the flyover from being built. Join up today if you would like to be involved in the campaign. We need help with delivering leaflets, fundraising and media.
To make a donation, you can either:
- Put money into the Wellington Greens Kiwibank account, 38-9000-0202172-01 or
- end a cheque to Wellington Greens at PO Box 11 652, Wellington, indicating that it is for the Basin Reserve Flyover campaign.
For more information
Contact Councillor Iona Pannett:
phone 04 384-3382 or 021-227-8509
email: iona.pannett@wcc.govt.nz.
Links
- Scoop story – Basin Reserve Flyover: A New Campaign Is Born
- Article by Lindsay Shelton, Thursday, 27 November 2008
- What the Basin Reserve flyover will really look like
- Artist’s renditions – MtVictoria.org website
