Hon MICHAEL WOOD: Our capital does need a linked-up rapid transit network that will serve Wellingtonians now and into the future, making it faster to move through the city, connecting communities, creating better access to businesses, and reducing congestion. Today's decision provides certainty to our partners at Greater Wellington and Wellington City and to Wellington residents about this important part of Let's Get Wellington Moving. It builds on work under way within the broader programme, improving work to transform the "golden mile", to improve safety and urban attractiveness on the Thorndon Quay and Hutt Road, and also further work on pedestrian improvements around the city and the city streets programme, of which work is under way on all of those projects at the moment.