BusinessDesk report by Sophie Boot Wellington International Airport has lodged an application with the Wellington City Council and the Greater Wellington Regional Council to extend its runway. The airport is seeking permission to build a 350-metre runway extension in a bid to attract long-haul flights from Asia and the United States, at a cost ofContinueContinue reading “NEWS SCOOP WELLINGTON – It’s official: Wellington Airport applies to extend runway by 350 metres”
Category Archives: Reblogged
RE-BLOG KEITH JOHNSON: TIME FOR ‘A CUP OF TEA’ ON BIG IDEAS?
Local economist, policy adviser and writer Keith Johnson says he will push for greater accountability, lower rate and debt rises, and higher levels of scrutiny for project planning and implementation. The contest for Wellington’s mayoralty is heating up, with profesional public policy analyst and citizen journalist Keith Johnson declaring that he will enter the raceContinueContinue reading “RE-BLOG KEITH JOHNSON: TIME FOR ‘A CUP OF TEA’ ON BIG IDEAS?”
RE-BLOG TRANSPORTING WELLINGTON: What does Justin Lester really stand for?
It’s great to hear Labour candidate Justin Lester launching his campaign with good ol’ fashioned pork barrelling. In fact, you can view a pretty slick campaign video done by his campaign team. Or read his speech for his campaign launch. However, lets peel back below the surface and see what he might bring for usContinueContinue reading “RE-BLOG TRANSPORTING WELLINGTON: What does Justin Lester really stand for?”
RE-BLOG Adam Voulstaker: Desolation of Smog
To the sound of bugles bicycle bells, the Council Annual plan 2016-2017 arrived yesterday. Link: Council 2016 – 2017 Annual Plan Wrapped up with the 2015-2016 proposal is the “Draft Low Carbon Capital Plan,” where we minions get until 29th April to hand in our feedback. “2016 Low Carbon Capital Plan – adoption of a planContinueContinue reading “RE-BLOG Adam Voulstaker: Desolation of Smog”
RE-BLOG STRATHMORE PARK: Wellington Airport Extension – More shocking facts emerge
Posted some weeks back this is the submission by the Guardian’s of the Bay on the so-called Airport Extension, or otherwise known out this way as the White Elephant Project. What is interesting are the take outs from the submission. We’ve summarised them so you don’t have to read the entire thing though we suggestContinueContinue reading “RE-BLOG STRATHMORE PARK: Wellington Airport Extension – More shocking facts emerge”
RE-BLOG Transport Blog: WCC proposes to reduce emissions by increasing congestion and encouraging more long haul flights
It’s amazing what the Wellington City Council gets up to. Living Wage. Supporting the airport runway extension by using overly optimistic figures. Jinxing NZTA’s plan to reduce congestion in the inner city and the Eastern Suburbs. Island Bay Cycleway. Zealandia bailout. Convention centres. Selling Jack Illot Green and the Michael Fowler carpark to build highContinueContinue reading “RE-BLOG Transport Blog: WCC proposes to reduce emissions by increasing congestion and encouraging more long haul flights”
RE-BLOG Transporting Wellington: Airport runway extension does not stack up. Lester spits the dummy
It is true that the Airport runway extension does not make sense. Therefore it is important that the information gets out to the wider community, rather than just to a bunch of local bloggers. This from Strathmore Park. For years now, Wellington International Airport and it’s pet monkey the WCC have been pushing for an airportContinueContinue reading “RE-BLOG Transporting Wellington: Airport runway extension does not stack up. Lester spits the dummy”
RE-BLOG Strathmore Park: Wellington Airport extension supporters suffering Polyannaism
For years now, Wellington International Airport and it’s pet monkey the Wellington City Council have been pushing for an airport extension. And for years now, it hasn’t stacked up. No small wonder when the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) and the Board of Airlines Representatives of New Zealand (BARNZ) slammed the business caseContinueContinue reading “RE-BLOG Strathmore Park: Wellington Airport extension supporters suffering Polyannaism”
REBLOG Strathmore Park Blog: Singapore Airlines just saved Wellington $90m
News this week that Singapore Airlines will be flying “direct” from Wellington to Singapore via Canberra single-handedly proving that we don’t need a $300m plus runway extension to access Asia and saving the ratepayers the $90m that was looking earmarked for the project. Rejoice Wellington. In a Powerpoint Presentation written by what appears to beContinueContinue reading “REBLOG Strathmore Park Blog: Singapore Airlines just saved Wellington $90m”
REBLOG Keith Johnson: The business case for (or should that be against?) the Wellington runway extension
DOWN TO EARTH WITH A BUMP Everyone is slowly getting back to normality after the Christmas Holidays here in the Antipodes. The holidays are taken very seriously [or should I say ‘unseriously’], resulting both in substantial brain-fade during their duration and the build up of a toxic aversion to a return work among most citizens.ContinueContinue reading “REBLOG Keith Johnson: The business case for (or should that be against?) the Wellington runway extension”
Guardians of the Bays 