The feedback has been analysed and the strategy was adopted by Council on 2 June 2022.
We are committed to making Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt a place where everyone thrives. A great transport system that connects our communities, provides access to social opportunities, and helps grow our economy is key to our success. Like other major cities, we are facing some big challenges, including a fast-growing population, the threat of climate change and supporting the wellbeing of our communities.
The Integrated Transport Strategy outlines our vision, and strategic direction for responding to Lower Hutt’s growing transport challenges. It outlines an integrated approach to delivering land use planning, transport planning, investment and encouraging behaviour change within Lower Hutt.
We want a sustainable transport system that improves the quality of life for today’s community without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own social, environmental, economic, and cultural needs. This means providing our community with transport options that connect people easily, safely, and affordably to where they need to go, whether travelling by foot, bike, or public transport. Developing an environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable transport system will protect Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt and enable our children and grandchildren to thrive. It will tackle our climate change challenges, reduce congestion, create more liveable places, and support the health and wellbeing of our communities.
We recognise the distinctive and diverse communities that make up Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt. We have engaged with our communities to understand the specific transport challenges they face and how transport needs differ across our communities.
The insights gained have helped shape our understanding of their needs, and how best the transport system can meet them.
Now we come back to you, our community, to make sure our insights are correct and that our proposed actions will help with meeting our transport needs. You can read the draft strategy and a summary through the links above, or under "Documents". You can give your feedback on they key parts of the strategy in the survey.
Survey closed 5pm 12 April 2022.
The feedback has been analysed and the strategy was adopted by Council on 2 June 2022.
We are committed to making Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt a place where everyone thrives. A great transport system that connects our communities, provides access to social opportunities, and helps grow our economy is key to our success. Like other major cities, we are facing some big challenges, including a fast-growing population, the threat of climate change and supporting the wellbeing of our communities.
The Integrated Transport Strategy outlines our vision, and strategic direction for responding to Lower Hutt’s growing transport challenges. It outlines an integrated approach to delivering land use planning, transport planning, investment and encouraging behaviour change within Lower Hutt.
We want a sustainable transport system that improves the quality of life for today’s community without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own social, environmental, economic, and cultural needs. This means providing our community with transport options that connect people easily, safely, and affordably to where they need to go, whether travelling by foot, bike, or public transport. Developing an environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable transport system will protect Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt and enable our children and grandchildren to thrive. It will tackle our climate change challenges, reduce congestion, create more liveable places, and support the health and wellbeing of our communities.
We recognise the distinctive and diverse communities that make up Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt. We have engaged with our communities to understand the specific transport challenges they face and how transport needs differ across our communities.
The insights gained have helped shape our understanding of their needs, and how best the transport system can meet them.
Now we come back to you, our community, to make sure our insights are correct and that our proposed actions will help with meeting our transport needs. You can read the draft strategy and a summary through the links above, or under "Documents". You can give your feedback on they key parts of the strategy in the survey.
Survey closed 5pm 12 April 2022.
