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Smart Motorway

In 2016 the Wellington Urban Motorway, along with State Highway 1 to Johnsonville and State Highway 2 to Petone, became New Zealand's first 'smart motorway'. Speed limits are adjusted automatically according to the amount of traffic on the road, with the aim of smoothing out the flow of traffic. The project was budgeted at $55.8 million, but actually cost $88 million because design changes were made after the project was approved. Although the smart motorway technology was supposed to lessen congestion and create shorter, more reliable travel times, data released after the first year of operation showed that "peak-time northbound journeys between Hobson St and Petone had actually become longer, while southbound journeys had only improved by an average of about 30 seconds". NZTA's highway manager blamed poor driving behaviour for the lack of effectiveness of the new system.

and paid for by parishioners Patrick and Mrs Hanley from Morven. The organ was commissioned in 1915 but progress was delayed by World War 1 and the organ was not opened until September 1920. It was originally powered by a hydraulic system but this was replaced with an electric blower in 1921. The organ was restored in 1996. It is listed on the Australasian Heritage Organ Register.