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The area around Waterloo Quay on Wellington’s waterfront will be opened up to low-rise buildings and green space under CentrePort’s future vision for the earthquake-damaged harbor.
A large area of office land on Wellington’s waterfront will open up to new development of buildings and public spaces under a comprehensive regeneration plan presented by CentrePort.
The plan outlines the company’s new vision for the earthquake-damaged port, which finalized an insurance payment of $ 667 million in October last year for claims made after the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake.
CentrePort CEO Derek Nind told key players in Wellington’s waterfront on Thursday that the “medium-term” vision would dramatically transform the area around Waterloo Quay, with public access to new low-rise buildings and spaces. green.
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It also included a new multi-user ferry terminal at Kaiwharawhara and an upgraded commercial port with increased capacity for registration, containers and freight vehicles.
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Details about the Waterloo Quay development were still at a high level, but the plan was to create a public area similar to other parts of Wellington’s waterfront, Nind said. Any new construction should comply with the height and design regulations determined by local planning rules.
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The proposed development area would be reduced if Kings Wharf over Kaiwharawhara were chosen as the site of a new multi-user ferry terminal.
The proposed development area stretches from the Customhouse building to the PWC building on the western edge of the harbor, encompassing Kings Wharf, Glasgow Wharf, Interisland Wharf and Waterloo Wharf.
Nind didn’t want to speculate on what would be built there, but residential, commercial and office space were all possibilities, he said.
“We have to work with the stakeholders and the community there, because there are other people who live and work there, to get the right result,” Nind said. Things.
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An expanded commercial port would significantly increase CentrePort’s vehicle, container and registration movements.
“But I guess the key message is to really open up that part of the boardwalk to the public.”
The identified development area depended on the construction of a new ferry terminal at Kaiwharawhara, rather than the Kings Wharf site preferred by ferry operator Interislander KiwiRail.
If the Kings Wharf site were chosen, the development space would be located between the Bluebridge ferry terminal and the PWC building.
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The proposed new ferry terminal would require significant development at the Kaiwharawhara site.
That was because in that case Bluebridge would continue to operate from its current Waterloo Quay terminal.
All port users, except KiwiRail, prefer the Kaiwharawhara site.
The expanded commercial port would increase annual container volumes from 94,000 to 400,000 and annual felling volumes from 1.7 million to 4 million.
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CentrePort’s vision focuses on three areas: a new ferry terminal, a new commercial port design, and the opening of the inner harbor precinct to the public.
No timeline has been attached to the regeneration plans, but it is likely at least 10 years to go.
Last year the Future Ports Forum, which includes representatives from the Greater Wellington Regional Council, Wellington City Council, Centreport, the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and Bluebridge, said the new multi-user ferry terminal would take nine years to build. .
KiwiRail expects to start operating two new mega-ferries by 2024 and would need the new larger terminal to accommodate them.
Nind was not drawn to the disagreement between KiwiRail and the forum, saying the key consideration was “getting the result right for Wellington.”
A spokesperson said that CentrePort would allocate its $ 667.2 million insurance payment to the redevelopment of the commercial port.
