Wellington Urban Motorway Widening
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From: Tim Doyle
Dear New Zealand Transport Agency,
Regarding the $50 million Wellington Urban Motorway road-widening project as reported in the Dominion Post on July 9th
1. The project is stated to have a cost of $50 million. What is the benefit-cost ratio of this project?
2. If it is NZs "first managed motorway", why isn't installing a moveable median barrier considered as a method of maximising the availability of the road, i.e. match the required number of lanes to the direction of flow, rather than widening it?
3. NZTA's Rod James is quoted in the article as saying " the project would loosen up evening rush-hour congestion heading north and take traffic off Hutt Rd, freeing up space for faster, more reliable bus journeys out of Wellington" but the NZTA website says that the bus lane is the responsibility of Wellington City Council.
Northbound buses would get benefit from a reduction in traffic going to Ngaio Gorge along Hutt Road, however there is seldom congestion on Hutt Road North of Ngaio Gorge.
How does the project reduce the traffic going North to Ngaio Gorge?
Why is this project not a busway project in the first instance?
4. Mr. James goes on to say in the article..."It's another step towards creating a fully integrated, multi-modal transport network for the Wellington region" this seems contradictory. Giving the public more traffic lanes so they drive more seems to marginalise modes other than road. How is the project going to create a fully-integrated, multi-modal transport network for Wellington?
5. The article implies a time saving of up to 2.5 minutes will be achieved, based on another widening project.
What is the variance of peak journeys travelling to and from the CBD along the Wellington Urban Motorway?
6. During the time of school holidays, the commuting time seems to plummet, causing a saving of up to 20 minutes on a ~35 minute commute. Has a demand-side management project been scoped that could be undertaken, and what are the likely benefits?
Yours faithfully,
Tim Doyle
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