introduction to conemporary issue - the basin flyover

AS91012 – DESCRIBE ASPECTS OF A CONTEMPORARY NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHIC ISSUE.

Basin Reserve – A flyover to far?

https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-41.2984992,174.7842395,1974m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

WHAT THE NZ HIGHWAYS AGENCY IS PROPOSING!

Wellington’s Basin Reserve currently functions as a large roundabout with signals. The streets in this area have several functions, and congestion is affecting SH1 traffic, local traffic, freight, pedestrians, cyclists and bus travel. If we don’t do something now, things are only going to get worse.

Greater Wellington Regional Council, Wellington City Council and the NZTA have all agreed that north-south traffic needs to be separated from east-west traffic in this area, and following extensive investigations and community engagement, the NZTA has made the decision to proceed with bridge option

WHAT IS A FLYOVER?

WHAT SOME PEOPLE THINK!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-3JKaaw_iA

Basin reserve campaign http://

tvnz.co.nz/national-news/basin-reserve-flyover-chosen-wellington-traffic-5029437/video

http://soundgecko.com/view/Shd8EbEp7ECCClJVGhNVCgz8tPCmBg/barmy-army-joins-campaign-against-basin-reserve-flyover?source=widget

Radio report re. Basin Reserve

TASK – BASIN RESERVE FLYOVER

Read the information you have been given and highlight any words you do not understand.

Copy and complete the table below.Reasons why the Flyover should be built.

Reasons why the flyover should not be built.

KEYWORDS

Congestion – overcrowding, too many cars trying to get through an area.

Constraint – a limit or restriction on what is allowed. Torrent – a large flow of something (cars, water) Affront – an insult Freight – lorries or trains carrying goods (food, clothes

ect..) Integral component – a very important part of something. Enhance – to improve something or an area. Pedestrians – people who walk. Neglecting – leaving or forgetting about something and

letting it get worse or decay.