Mt Victoria Archive

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    Wellington’s unpopular new tunnel still going ahead



    Wellingtonista quickly summarises the protest this morning about the City Council’s plans to go on a massively expensive road building spree from Ngauranga to Wellington airport. The plans include a Basin Reserve flyover and further car tunnels under Mount Victoria and The Terrace (just as we enter a financial crisis, peak oil and the need [...] read more
    October 31, 2008 3:57 pm - 13 Comments
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    More tunnels in which to hide from the new climate



    Wellington City Council wants to spend $250 million tunnelling through Mt Victoria and extending State Highway One to Wellington Airport.  The Mayor, Kerry Prendergast, seems to think this is going to happen no matter what people think: ‘I think there are some [things] we have to do,’ she told The Dominion Post. …Ms Prendergast said a new [...] read more
    December 6, 2007 11:49 am - 59 Comments