What’s happening with the Golden Mile?

JULY 2026 UPDATE

This document is the ‘Golden Mile Independent Revalue Review” report.

Extract from the introduction:
“On November 20, 2025, the Wellington City Council (WCC) issued a formal resolution commissioning an independent revalue review for the Golden Mile project. This intervention was triggered by acute cost inflation and delivery complexities that emerged during the detailed design and pricing phase of Work Package 2 (WP2), which encompasses the Courtenay Place section of the corridor.

It helped to inform the Council ahead of a vote on the next steps. The meeting confirmed a new approach to the Golden Mile project, based on the report and recommendations from the City Strategy and Delivery Committee. A new draft detailed business case will be developed in the coming months, and this will be presented to elected officials by December.

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NOVEMBER 2025 UPDATE

The pedestrian crossing work is complete but it is not available to pedestrians, only to cyclists. This is because it needs the work on Stage 2 of the Golden Mile to be done.. All remaininng work on the Golden Mile has been paused. The review is expected to take four months.

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April 2025 - Courtenay Place Revitalisation - Kent/Cambridge Terrace

Work begins this month on the Kent/Cambridge Terrace pedestrian crossing/island in late April and runs until November 2025. This is the visual from the Council’s website.

This following image shows the intended stages of work.

Green means daytime work = 9-4pm. Monday to Saturday.
Blue means nightshift work = 8pm-6am. Sunday to Thursday.

  • Stage 1: April-May. Temporary cycleway installed

  • Stage 2: May: New kerb installed

  • Stage 3: May-Oct: Centre island redevelopment

  • Stage 4: Sept-Oct: Embassy footpath

  • Stage 5: Oct: Removal of transitional cycleway/cycleway finalised going through the centre island

  • Stage 6 & 7: Oct: Underground utility works completed and centre island finished.

Stage 1: April-May 2025 - Temporary cycleway installed

This is the first piece of work. The cycleway will move from the Cambridge Street side to the Kent Terrace side. This will stay until October.

This is where the crossing will move to.
Pedestrians crossing from Kent Terrace will arrive near the Napoli restaurant side of Courtenay Place.

In this area
The cycle racks will stay. The motorcycle parking will move to allow the pavement to be expanded.

More things to know.

  • the existing crossing will remain in place until the new centre island work is completed.

  • there will be some traffic lane reductions during the work - which will be explained in a traffic management plan.

Mt Victoria Residents Association (MVRA) is very familiar with the current crossing and has asked the Council team to consider the following.

  • MVRA has asked for the current shelter arrangement on the Canal Reserve (that runs between Kent & Cambridge Terraces) to remain.
    They are hopeful the shelter will work for both north and south winds as the current one does (it is a reserve but here Council calls it an 'island'),

  • MVRA has also raised concerns about the design of a completely novel approach to pedestrian crossings with a bike lane running through the middle, which will create conflicts,

  • MVRA is concerned that the design does not provide enough space for this high use pedestrian area for pedestrians to wait in the middle - the proof of how well it works will come down to how long it takes to cross this new design and so the timing of the traffic lights is key,