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.