Wellington City Council is proposing selling their airport shares. What do Guardians of the Bays members think of the proposal? Right now, WCC holds a 34 percent share of Wellington Airport with a value of $28 million. WCC two board of Directors are Mayor Tory Whanau and Wayne Eagleson. The Guardians of the Bays hasContinueContinue reading “Wellington City Council proposal to sell their airport shares”
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East Side Area Update
Wellington Airport is staging development on the East Side Area. Stage One is the removal of two holes of Miramar Golf Course to the south of the club-rooms to provide more car-parking. For more information: https://www.wellingtonairport.co.nz/news/airport-updates/wellington-airport-to-begin-development-of-former-golf-club-land-in-2024/ For information on Mid 2024 green buffer zone consultation with maps and diagrams: https://www.wellingtonairport.co.nz/documents/4133/Wellington_Airport_Miramar_Golf_Course_Publication_Oct23.pdf
Sludge Minimisation Facility
Guardians of the Bays and Strathmore Park Residents Association are part of the Community Liaison Group for the Sludge Minimisation Facility. We are having regular meetings on the ongoing design and construction. The small Puke/hillock has been removed over the last few months. This area becomes a construction zone for the Sludge Minimisation Facility. TheContinueContinue reading “Sludge Minimisation Facility”
Wellington Airport new fire station on Coutts Street
Construction has started on the new Airport Fire Station on the eastern end of Coutts Street near the pedestrian and cycle tunnel under the airport. Several residential houses next to the airport runway were removed for this work to begin. Existing public space at the end of Coutts St will be enhanced. In the proposalContinueContinue reading “Wellington Airport new fire station on Coutts Street”
Griffith Aviation Reimaged webinar series
Griffith University held a series of webinars in October with industry leaders, policymakers and researchers sharing their insights about a transition to a low-carbon and climate ready future for the aviation sector. The four sessions included:Session 1: Science matters – debunking some mythsSession 2: Transformative policy – raising the bar for aviation decarbonisationSession 3: Climate-readyContinueContinue reading “Griffith Aviation Reimaged webinar series”
Wellington Airport – Urban Design Principles Update
On 2 November 2022 GOTB Chairperson Yvonne Weeber attended a Wellington Airport workshop on the Urban Design Principles for the Terminal Precinct, the Landscape and Visual Management Plan for the East Side Area (currently in preparation), and the Broadway Precinct Integrated Design Management Plan (to be prepared in the future). Wellington Airport is wanting feedbackContinueContinue reading “Wellington Airport – Urban Design Principles Update”
“Emergency Weather” Book Launch
The launch for Tim Jones’s (retired GOTB executive member) book Emergency Weather will take place on Wednesday 4 October at Unity Books Wellington, 57 Willis St, from 6pm – please encourage your friends to come along too! Here is the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/667791528368999. Please sign up for this if you use Facebook, as it helps TimContinueContinue reading ““Emergency Weather” Book Launch”
Wellington Airport Seawall Renewal
Wellington Airport’s is consulting the community on the renewal of the southern and Lyall Bay seawalls and breakwater. The airport has been talking about this for ages. We are now able to tell them we don’t want an airport extension, the seawall renewal needs to keep within the boundaries they already have and climate adaptationContinueContinue reading “Wellington Airport Seawall Renewal”
Proposed District Plan Hearing Stream 5 – Noise and Coastal Hazards
The Guardians of the Bays have submitted on the Wellington City Council Proposed District Plan with respect to the Airport and the surrounding environment. Wellington International Airports Limited designations apply to the Proposed District Plan and future District Plan. We will be making oral submissions with Strathmore Park Residents Association this week on Noise andContinueContinue reading “Proposed District Plan Hearing Stream 5 – Noise and Coastal Hazards”
Sludge Minimisation Facility
Guardians of the Bays Chair Yvonne Weeber is part of the Community Liaison Group for the Sludge Minimisation Facility (SMF). Earthworks have begun on the site of the plant. In the coming months, the Hillock (the remnant outcrop of Moa Point) on the airport land will be removed for SMF construction storage and future WellingtonContinueContinue reading “Sludge Minimisation Facility”
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