Golden Mile

Transforming Wellington’s city centre into a live-work-play destination

Decarbonising transport

A vibrant city centre nestled between steep hills and a wide harbour, Wellington is compact and walkable but its roading networks are congested with private vehicles at peak travel times. Originally part of the Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme including infrastructure upgrades aimed at decarbonising transport over the next 10 years, Golden Mile re-envisions the pavements as vibrant green spaces following the removal of cars and on-street parking from the roading network.

Reconnecting people with nature and Wellington’s bicultural heritage

The project seeks to transform the Golden Mile into a green pedestrian link and bird flyway through the city centre. With regenerative goals at its heart, the project also aims to support local businesses through creation of connections to the waterfront, arts, entertainment, and cultural precincts. Jasmax and the Future Group consortium are collaborating with Local Collective to deliver streetscape design, focusing on widening pavements, new street furniture, planting, and bus shelters in a co-design partnership with mana whenua artist Len Hetet. The result of this collaboration will be the integration of mana whenua values and narratives into the fabric of the city.

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Project Details

Client

Let’s Get Wellington Moving

Sector

Public Realm, Urban

Location

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Discipline

Landscape Architecture, Urban Design

Status

Ongoing

Size

2.6km-long streetscape

Design Collaborators

Jasmax is part of the multi-disciplinary Futuregroup Consortium, made up of Stantec, Local Collective, WSP, Aurecon, Boffa Miskell and mana whenua artist Len Hetet from Baked Design