News from Hutt City Council
This morning Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry officially opened the Les Dalton Dog Park to the public, and was joined by a contingent of about 500 people and their dogs for the city’s first Dog Day Out.
Campbell Barry said the opening of the dog park has been a long time coming for the city’s dog community, and will be a well utilised asset in the city – evidenced by the strong turnout on the park’s opening day.
“It was an absolute pleasure joining dog owners and their furry friends this morning, and seeing everyone, especially the dogs, experience and enjoy the park for the first time,” Campbell Barry says.
Saturday, 15 May 2021, 4:02 pm
This
morning Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry officially opened
the Les Dalton Dog Park to the public, and was joined by a
contingent of about 500 people and their dogs for the
city’s first Dog Day Out.
Campbell Barry said the
opening of the dog park has been a long time coming for the
city’s dog community, and will be a well utilised asset in
the city - evidenced by the strong turnout on the park’s
opening day. It was an absolute pleasure joining dog
owners and their furry friends this morning, and seeing
everyone, especially the dogs, experience and enjoy the park
Maarten Holl/Stuff
Greater Wellington Regional Council is planning to take over the Airport Flyer, which was previously a privately-run service.
Greater Wellington Regional Council will reconsider offering an Airport Flyer service to Lower Hutt when the service returns in 2022, after the oversight was branded a “slap in the face”. The regional council is looking to take over the Airport Flyer service after the previous privately-run service was paused during the Covid-19 lockdown and then canned completely last in November. However, an initial report prepared by council officers did not consider the option of a Lower Hutt service, instead only recommending a line between Wellington Airport and the Wellington Railway Station.
News from Hutt City Council
Hutt City Council has formally kicked off the development of a new transport strategy to help tackle Lower Hutt’s growing transport challenges.
The development of the strategy comes at a key point in Lower Hutt’s history. The city is growing at one of its fastest rates, evidenced by the fact it exceeded its previous 2030 population targets last year. This has added pressure on existing infrastructure, equating to a greater load on key transport links like SH2, the Petone Esplanade, and increasingly the Lower Hutt CBD.
There are also a significant number of key transport projects in the pipeline, such as the upgrade of Melling Interchange, Eastern Bays Shared Path, Te Ara Tupua (Ngāūranga to Petone Shared Path), and the long planned Cross Valley Connections project.