From:
Joe Hewitt
To:
Andrew Wharton
Subject:
RE: Your review requested by midday Friday 22 Jan - one page of content in the draft Regional Land
Transport Plan about LGWM"s MRT and rail lines, and how it connects with NPS-UD
Date:
Thursday, 21 January 2021 1:02:00 pm
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Thanks Andrew – it’s good to understand this as it might come up for me at a TAG meeting next
week. – cheers, Joe
From: Andrew Wharton <[email address]>
Sent: Thursday, 21 January 2021 12:21 pm
To: Elliot Higbee <[email address]>; Adam McCutcheon
<[email address]>; Kate Pascall <[email address]>; Sherilyn Hinton
<[email address]>; Lucie Desrosiers <[email address]>; Moana
Mackey <[email address]>; Peter Nunns <[email address]>; Joe Hewitt
<[email address]>
Cc: Gunther Wild <[email address]>; Poul Tvermoes ([email address])
<[email address]>; Barry Watkins ([email address]) <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Your review requested by midday Friday 22 Jan - one page of content in the draft
Regional Land Transport Plan about LGWM's MRT and rail lines, and how it connects with NPS-
UD
Hi all,
Update – after talking all these edits through with Amy Kearse from NZTA, she thinks that
declaring that the LGWM MRT is only “planned” rapid transit once it has been consented is a big
call to make in just two days, and may have other unintended consequences for other planned
rapid transit lines. Elliot also advises the RLTP is not
determinative in defining rapid transit for
RMA plans. So we’ve revised that paragraph to say:
The rapid transit network and services for the Wellington region comprises the Kāpiti,
Hutt, Melling and Johnsonville rail lines. The Mass Rapid Transit corridor proposed by the
Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) programme (once the rapid transit stops are
confirmed) will also form part of this rapid transit network. The LGWM rapid transit
service will become “planned” for the purpose of the NPS-UD once the Mass Rapid
Transit corridor, and the location of the stops, are consented (under the RMA or other
legislation).
This provides more flexibility for the district plan team about when to factor in LGWM MRT
walkable catchments for upzoning. It also aligns with MfE guidance to combine land use planning
with the definitive station location as much as possible.
As a draft, WCC may want to make a formal comment/submission on this too, if the discussion
moves in a different direction. So we don’t have to resolve all of this in the week.
Peter and Joe, I’ve linked you into the discussion for your interest from the transport planning
angle.
Cheers,
Andrew Wharton
Principal Advisor LGWM Interface | Wellington City Council
021 365 051
From: Andrew Wharton
Sent: 21 January 2021 10:53 AM
To: Elliot Higbee <[email address]>; Adam McCutcheon
([email address]) <[email address]>; Kate Pascall
([email address]) <[email address]>; Sherilyn Hinton
<[email address]>; Lucie Desrosiers <[email address]>; Moana
Mackey <[email address]>
Cc: Gunther Wild ([email address]) <[email address]>; Poul Tvermoes
([email address]) <
[email address]>; Barry Watkins ([email address])
<[email address]>
Subject: Your review requested by midday Friday 22 Jan - one page of content in the draft
Regional Land Transport Plan about LGWM's MRT and rail lines, and how it connects with NPS-
UD
Importance: High
Hi all,
I’ve been working with Grant Fletcher from GWRC and Amy Kearse from Waka Kotahi on
amending the draft Regional Land Transport Plan to better specify the ‘rapid transit’ definition
for Wellington and its connection to NPS-UD directions. This is very important to make the
connections with the land use policy and controls in the spatial plan and new district plan.
Planners – can you please review the text and make track changes and comments to ensure it’s
clear and directive enough for WCC’s and LGWM’s purposes. Elliot, can you please do a legal
review of this one page of text to check if it’s legally robust, and also make any changes you think
would be useful to make it clear and directive enough. Feel free to call and discuss if you want.
WCC staff – saved in Trove here.
Poul and Barry – for your interest, I’ve saved the doc in Teams here – any comments are
welcome.
This is still very much an evolving technical draft so please don’t file or share more widely.
GW needs to finalise the draft this week, so please review by midday tomorrow (Friday) as you
are able – I know we’re all really busy.
Cheers.
Andrew Wharton
Principal Advisor LGWM Interface | Wellington City Council
[email address] | 021 365 051
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