Paraparaumu Transport Hub upgrade

The Paraparaumu Transport Hub will be upgraded in 2022.

We're partnering with Greater Wellington Regional Council and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to expand and upgrade the transport hub to improve our growing community's public transport experience and connections to our retail area.

The upgrade includes creating people-friendly, functional and safe spaces, including a larger, safer and more convenient bus interchange. An attractive public plaza will be created on both sides of the old highway. The plaza will include landscaping features, shade, seating, and lighting. The footpath near Kāpiti Lights will also be improved.

Some of the Pohutukawa trees located in the former car park near the old state highway were removed to make way for the bus interchange and public plaza. The remaining trees will feature in the new public plaza.

The pedestrian underpass will remain in place. 

Building programme | Town centre masterplan | Transforming the old state highway into a local road | Gallery | Animation

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Building programme

Construction is due to begin in July 2022 and is expected to take up to seven months. Works include:

• constructing a new bus loading and unloading area
• developing new accessible plaza spaces including, cultural art features, landscaping and lighting
• installing new seating, paving and bus shelters 
• improving the footpath near Kāpiti Lights.

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Town centre masterplan

Upgrading our transport hub is one of the key projects of the Paraparaumu town centre masterplan. The masterplan was developed in response to construction of the Expressway and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s conversion of the old State Highway 1 into a fit-for-purpose local road.

It aims to make Paraparaumu the heart of our district, and the main area for retail, commercial, cultural and civic activity. 

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Transforming the old state highway into a local road

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is preparing the old highway between Ihakara Street and Kapiti Road to hand over to Council to control and maintain.

To transform the old state highway to a local road and prioritise those who live here rather than those who drive through, Waka Kotahi is changing the road’s layout and installing new kerbs and drains, and a pedestrian crossing with signals. The new pedestrian crossing will make easier for people, especially those living with a disability, to cross between the transport hub and the retail area. Waka Kotahi will also realign the old highway to one lane in each direction, to make it look and work more like a local road.

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Gallery

The following images are artist's impressions only. 

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Animation

See our artist's impression animated flythrough of the completed Paraparaumu Transport Hub.
Note: Some new plants will take a while to be as large as they’re shown in this flythrough.

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