1. AS91012 – DESCRIBE ASPECTS OF A
CONTEMPORARY NEW ZEALAND
GEOGRAPHIC ISSUE.
Basin Reserve – A flyover to far?

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

3. 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

5. WHAT IS A FLYOVER?

6. 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/Shd8EbEp7ECCClJV
GhNVCgz8tPCmBg/barmy-army-joins-campaign-
against-basin-reserve-flyover?source=widget
 Radio report re. Basin Reserve

7. 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.

8. 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.