From:
Andrew Wharton
To:
Jason Holland; Fleur Matthews; Stewart McKenzie; [email address]; Hamish Wesney; John
McSweeney; Kate Pascall
Cc:
Amy Helm; Amy Kearse
Subject:
Just a heads up: Rapid transit definition for RLTP
Date:
Friday, 29 January 2021 9:49:50 am
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Hi again,
I’ve talked this through with my colleagues now and some of us still have concerns about the
lack of clarity around rapid transit stops, particularly the edits in your email Jason. I’ll send
around another email today explaining our concerns once we get a consistent WCC staff view.
Regards,
Andrew Wharton
Principal Advisor LGWM Interface | Wellington City Council
021 365 051
From: Jason Holland <[email address]>
Sent: 28 January 2021 5:12 PM
To: Fleur Matthews <[email address]>; Andrew Wharton
<[email address]>; Stewart McKenzie <[email address]>;
[email address]; Hamish Wesney <[email address]>; John
McSweeney <[email address]>; Kate Pascall <[email address]>
Cc: Amy Helm <[email address]>; Amy Kearse <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Rapid transit definition for RLTP
Hi everyone
Thanks for the opportunity to comment and very useful to be aware of others views too.
To us, it feels a bit rushed for the RLTP to get too black and white about this.
We’d prefer more indicative wording for now until the case is clearer that the RLTP is likely to
include the right investments at the right time to keep up with future growth in our district.
Stewart’s questions around frequency also seem pertinent to us – including whether there are or
are not investments planned to substantively improve frequency (and capacity) up the
Manawatu line to the Otaki station.
I attach some amendments for your consideration, accepting that there may be other ways to
achieve the outcome we’re seeking.
Cheers
Jason
PS: perhaps just semantics – this isn’t about the RLTP “defining” these terms is it? I think we are
talking about how the NPS-UD definitions in question might be applied to the specific context of
the Wellington region railway system.
Jason Holland
District Planning Manager
Kāpiti Coast District Council
Tel 04 296 7792
Mobile
www.kapiticoast.govt.nz
From: Fleur Matthews [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Thursday, 28 January 2021 2:54 PM
To: Andrew Wharton <[email address]>; Stewart McKenzie
<[email address]>; Jason Holland <[email address]>;
[email address]; Hamish Wesney <[email address]>; John
McSweeney <[email address]>; Kate Pascall <[email address]>
Cc: Amy Helm <[email address]>; Amy Kearse <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Rapid transit definition for RLTP
Kia ora Andrew et al
Thanks for all your work so far on this. The reason the TAG wanted to remove the station names
was because some TAs were of the view that potentially not all of the stops on these lines would
be considered rapid transit stops as per the NPS UD definition. So adding in the suggested
additions below would be counterproductive to the concerns raised. Does that make sense?
Fleur
From: Andrew Wharton <[email address]>
Sent: Thursday, 28 January 2021 1:31 PM
To: Stewart McKenzie <[email address]>; Fleur Matthews
<[email address]>; Jason Holland <[email address]>;
[email address]; Hamish Wesney <[email address]>; John
McSweeney <[email address]>; Kate Pascall <[email address]>
Cc: Amy Helm <[email address]>; Amy Kearse <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Rapid transit definition for RLTP
Hi Fleur and friends,
Kate Pascall and I agree it’s a good idea to fix up the Map 6 by removing the station names and
icons. This should also remove the issue of the circle highlighting Tawa, Linden, Kenepuru and
Porirua stations … but missing Takapu Road and Redwood stations. Also the stations in the
Johnsonville line and some stations in Porirua City are missing.
To balance the removing of the stations from Map 6, can we please amend the text above in the
fourth paragraph, for clarity, to read:
“The rapid transit network, stops and services for the Wellington region comprise the Kāpiti,
Hutt, Melling and Johnsonville rail lines, and all stations on those lines.” Of course my colleagues
in other councils may recommend further changes; for example if Kapiti was concerned about
this description and Map 6 so that stations north of Pukerua Bay are “passenger rail network”
not “rapid transit network”, I defer to those councils on this!
Regards,
Andrew Wharton
Principal Advisor LGWM Interface | Wellington City Council
021 365 051
From: Stewart McKenzie <[email address]>
Sent: 28 January 2021 11:01 AM
To: Fleur Matthews <[email address]>; Jason Holland
<[email address]>; [email address]; Hamish Wesney
<[email address]>; John McSweeney <[email address]>; Kate
Pascall <[email address]>
Cc: Amy Helm <[email address]>; Amy Kearse <[email address]>; Andrew
Wharton <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Rapid transit definition for RLTP
Kia Ora all,
For RMA land use planning purposes, PCC has been working under the assumption
that the stops on the Kapiti Line within or very close to the District will meet the
definition of a ‘rapid transit stop’ as defined by the NPS UD (the stops in question are
Kenepuru, Porirua, Paremata, Mana, Plimmerton and Pukerua Bay). Trains run at a
20min frequency during peak times and during the day, with express services between
Plimmerton - Wellington and Porirua - Wellington at peak times. Overall this frequency
appears to support the assumption that these are ‘rapid transit stops’ servicing a ‘rapid
transit service’.
However, as services run at an hourly frequency at night and stop by midnight, there is
a question mark over whether this service still meets the definition of a ‘rapid transit
service’, or if night time frequency even needs to be considered. We are likely to be
challenged on this through an RMA Schedule 1 process. We would be interested in
knowing more about investment signalled through the RLTP aimed at increasing off-
peak frequency and peak time capacity to accommodate growth on the Kapiti Line.
Bearing the above in mind, PCC can tentatively support the definition of rapid transit
service proposed to be appended to the RLTP, although note this is not a formal
endorsement from our Council.
Kind regards,
Stewart
