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Metlink and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) have opened community consultation on a proposed new location for the Pukerua Bay Bus Replacing Trains (BRT) stop. It follows a request submitted by the Residents’ Association to the Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) Transport Committee in November 2024.

Moving the stop to the Pukerua Bay shops was assessed by NZTA and Metlink officers and found to be unviable because of road crossing safety concerns. The two agencies have since worked together to identify a midway location, and they now want to hear from the community on whether it meets local needs.

Consultation is open now, with the official start on Monday 9 November 2026. Feedback can be given through the Metlink consultation response form. The consultation is being promoted with posters at the Pukerua Bay station and BRT stop, in the noticeboard at the shops, and online. Pukerua Bay residents will also receive a letter in the mail early next week with full details and information on how to give feedback.

Once feedback has been collated, NZTA and GWRC will either approve the change or reassess the proposed solution if community opposition is strong.

Porirua City Council has engaged Dave Smith from Street Smart to try to remove the tagging from the murals in the Secret Valley shelter and to reseal the murals. The work should be under way next week (19th to 24th Feb)

Waha Kotahi has provied the following information regaring re-sealing of the highway from Pukerua Bay to Plimmerton. Not that you will not be able to turn into Airlie Rd when heading towards Plimmerton but will need to divert to the Plimmerton Roundabout and head north.

ROADWORKS: Laying a new surface of chipseal on the state highway

WHERE AND WHEN: 

State Highway 59, 2 separate sections south of Pukerua Bay to Plimmerton roundabout

Monday 30 October daytime, subject to postponement because of weather 

1. 7am – 10am approx: a  short 100m section of the 2 northbound lanes beside the Airlie Road intersection
2. 10am – 4.30pm approx: a 1km section of the 2 southbound lanes from the Weigh Station to Plimmerton roundabout 

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT: 

7am-10am: AIRLIE ROAD – HOW TO ACCESS THE INTERSECTION OR AVOID IT WHILE WORKS ARE TAKING PLACE

• No right turn into Airlie Road if heading south from Pukerua Bay

o    Either continue south to Plimmerton roundabout, turn back north and use the slip lane into Airlie Road

o    Or use the main access to access Plimmerton at the Steyne Avenue traffic lights

• Access north or south onto the state highway from Airlie Road
• Left or right turns – traffic controllers will stop and hold vehicles until it is safe to wave you through
• Or travel through Plimmerton to the southern exit at Steyne Avenue lights

10am-4.30pm: SOUTHBOUND LANES FROM PLIMMERTON WEIGH STATION TO ROUNDABOUT

• One lane closed for works, traffic uses the other lane beside the works at restricted speed limit

UP TO 2 DAYS FOLLOWINGTHE WORKS:  

• A temporary speed restriction will be in place following the works while the chips bed into the new seal 
• 30km/h is the usual speed at first as this slower speed helps protect your car and others from loose chip
• The speed limit will rise as traffic helps settle the chip into the new seal on the road surface

PCC has provided an update on the slip remedial works on the track to Brendan Beach

Monitoring and geo-technical work is ongoing at the slip below the Pukerua Bay lookout on SH59.

This project is being led by Wellington Transport Alliance (WTA), in partnership with the various land owners in that area, including Porirua City Council.

In February this year, technical experts from WTA installed a number of geo-technical survey pins across the slip site.  These are being regularly monitored to assess for land movement and so far there has been no significant land movement.

Remote tilt sensors have also been recently installed to provide another source of data for the slip assessment.

This information will help guide the project’s next steps regarding what further slip assessments are required and how best to manage the land in the short and long term.

In the meantime, the pathway from the lookout car park to Brendan Beach will remain closed as it is not safe for the public to use.