Shape your city centre streets

Hutt City Council and its partners are leading a once-in-a-generation transformation of Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt’s city centre. This work will improve flood protection, enhance transport options, and bring new life to the city centre.   

This investment means there are some big changes coming to our city centre streets, and how we connect with our awa (river).

We have the opportunity to make our city centre safer, easier to navigate and more enjoyable for everyone who works, shops or lives here.

Street Upgrades

Last year, we engaged with businesses and the community to identify priorities for street upgrades in the city centre. The feedback we received helped us focus on the right streets (read the Streetscape Strategy). These priority areas were approved for upgrades by Council on 5 March 2026:

City Link Bridge Corridor (Margaret Street, Bunny Street and connection to Knights Road)

Andrews Avenue

High Street South

To make the street network work seamlessly and to mitigate the loss of parking, we are also proposing some low-cost changes to Dudley Street.

We used the feedback we've heard so far to create early concept plans showing what the streets could look like.

We now need to hear from you to check that our designs are going in the right direction, whether we’ve missed anything, and gather any extra feedback before we start on the detailed design.

Have your say on one, or all, of the priority areas below by Friday 8 May 2026.

Every submission goes in the draw to win vouchers from our city centre cafes - start sharing your ideas!

What’s next?  

Once we’ve heard from the community, we’ll analyse all feedback.  

We’ll report back on what you said and what changes we have (or haven’t) made to our plans as a result of your feedback. We’ll share back the refined concept plans once ready.   

Proposed plans for both our city centre Street Upgrades and the Riverside Park and Car Park will then go to Council for approval later in 2026, before detailed designs are produced.   

We’ll continue to share updates as these projects progress.   

What else?

We know there’s a lot happening in our city centre right now. For more information and updates about the current work happening in our city for Te Wai Takamori o Te Awa Kairangi, visit teawakairangi.nz or see their Facebook page.

We also want to hear from you about our new Riverside Park and Carpark - have your say at Shape your city centre park.

Hutt City Council and its partners are leading a once-in-a-generation transformation of Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt’s city centre. This work will improve flood protection, enhance transport options, and bring new life to the city centre.   

This investment means there are some big changes coming to our city centre streets, and how we connect with our awa (river).

We have the opportunity to make our city centre safer, easier to navigate and more enjoyable for everyone who works, shops or lives here.

Street Upgrades

Last year, we engaged with businesses and the community to identify priorities for street upgrades in the city centre. The feedback we received helped us focus on the right streets (read the Streetscape Strategy). These priority areas were approved for upgrades by Council on 5 March 2026:

City Link Bridge Corridor (Margaret Street, Bunny Street and connection to Knights Road)

Andrews Avenue

High Street South

To make the street network work seamlessly and to mitigate the loss of parking, we are also proposing some low-cost changes to Dudley Street.

We used the feedback we've heard so far to create early concept plans showing what the streets could look like.

We now need to hear from you to check that our designs are going in the right direction, whether we’ve missed anything, and gather any extra feedback before we start on the detailed design.

Have your say on one, or all, of the priority areas below by Friday 8 May 2026.

Every submission goes in the draw to win vouchers from our city centre cafes - start sharing your ideas!

What’s next?  

Once we’ve heard from the community, we’ll analyse all feedback.  

We’ll report back on what you said and what changes we have (or haven’t) made to our plans as a result of your feedback. We’ll share back the refined concept plans once ready.   

Proposed plans for both our city centre Street Upgrades and the Riverside Park and Car Park will then go to Council for approval later in 2026, before detailed designs are produced.   

We’ll continue to share updates as these projects progress.   

What else?

We know there’s a lot happening in our city centre right now. For more information and updates about the current work happening in our city for Te Wai Takamori o Te Awa Kairangi, visit teawakairangi.nz or see their Facebook page.

We also want to hear from you about our new Riverside Park and Carpark - have your say at Shape your city centre park.

Survey

High Street South

What do you think of our plans for High Street South?
Are we are going in the right direction? Have we missed anything?
Make sure you share your thoughts by Friday 8 May 2026.

Have your say
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Andrews Avenue

What do you think of our plans for Andrews Avenue?
Are we are going in the right direction? Have we missed anything?
Make sure you share your thoughts by Friday 8 May 2026.

Have your say
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City Link Bridge Corridor

What do you think of our plans for the City Link Bridge Corridor?
This area includes Margaret Street, Bunny Street, and the connection with Knights Road.
Are we are going in the right direction? Have we missed anything?
Make sure you share your thoughts by Friday 8 May 2026.

Have your say
Share City Link Bridge Corridor on Facebook Share City Link Bridge Corridor on Twitter Share City Link Bridge Corridor on Linkedin Email City Link Bridge Corridor link

Page last updated: 10 Apr 2026, 09:50 AM