The Mayoral race is off & running ... what does mayoral candidate Tory Whanau want to do?
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Wellington mayoral candidate's bold plan to pedestrianise Cuba St
Whanau said her top priority, should she win the job, was to fix Wellington’s problem-plagued three waters – storm, drinking, and waste. Her nature policy includes a plan to plant one million native trees in the Wellington region in the next decade and the establishment of nurseries to help. She pledged to pedestrianise Cuba St from Wakefield St at the north to Karo Dr at the south.
Tory Whanau’s full policies:
Light rail from the central station to the hospital then on to Island Bay as the first phase of delivering Let’s Get Wellington Moving.
Better community engagement.
Enable delivery of over 20,000 homes along this corridor, to be a mixture of social housing and affordable housing.
Daylight the Waitangi Stream and create new riverside parks and playgrounds, with pedestrian and cycling connections.
Create more green space in our urban areas.
Accelerate the redevelopment of Wellington’s laneways and pedestrianise Cuba St.
Roll out a programme to plant a million new native trees and shrubs in Wellington over the next decade.
Restore natural beauty and habitat to our city by daylighting streams.
Trial the use of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in our suburban areas.
Development bonuses through the district plan to incentivise better housing.
Support safety through better street design including emergency call boxes throughout the central city, and transforming back alleys into vibrant laneways.
Fund community organisations dedicated to reducing alcohol and drug harm, alongside those providing mental health services.
Support community organisations to establish safe supervised environments for drug testing and use, to reduce the risk of accidental overdoses. Drug testing locations will also be funded to provide medicine that prevents opioid overdose, ensuring this is freely available within Wellington.
Provide funding and training for community safety ambassadors.
More bus priority lanes.
Accelerate a comprehensive connected bike network.
Trial community storage facilities for bikes.
Champion lightrail from the railway station through an urban revitalisation corridor from the waterfront to the hospital and then to Island Bay.
Maintain momentum on existing work to reduce speeds near schools, provide better pedestrian connections, and improve the accessibility of our streets.
Advocate for free public transport.
Roll out a comprehensive network of EV fast chargers through the city.
Promote redevelopment that creates vibrant streets and communities by adopting the alternatives standards endorsed by the Coalition for More Homes.
Provide more mixed use zoning.
Seek out opportunities to partner with Kainga Ora on housing redevelopments
Ensure that council housing tenants have warm dry affordable homes.
