Wellington City Council have put plans to build a permanent cycleway in Brooklyn on hold after losing over half of its funding.

Wellington City Council have put plans to build a permanent cycleway in Brooklyn on hold after losing over half of its funding. Waka Kotahi was expected to fund 51 percent through the Transport Choices fund, however Transport Minister Simeon Brown confirmed there would be no funding for the project in December.

There was also no mention of the Transport Choices programme or any alternatives in the draft Government Policy Statement in March.

A trial bike lane was installed in 2021 through Waka Kotahi’s Innovating Streets programme.

“In the interim Brooklyn Connections continues to function as a successful cycleway,” Hodgetts said.

  • @terraborra
    3•2 months ago

    Its a shame it’s not going ahead because a connected up network is what’s really needed for cycling

    That’s exactly why it’s not going ahead. A safe, connected cycleway has users and that undercuts the ideological reckons and feels in the GPS.

    • @Xcf456
      2•2 months ago

      Totally, the party that claims to be all about freedom of choice is shutting down choice of transport options