Queenstown cable car route revised after community feedback

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The revised design will see the cable car run alongside the Queenstown Events Centre rather than over its playing fields, while the Frankton interchange will be repositioned to co…

Plans for Queenstown’s proposed cable car network have been changed after residents raised concerns about its route through Frankton.

Plans for Queenstown’s proposed cable car network have been changed after residents raised concerns about its route through Frankton.

The revised design will see the cable car run alongside the Queenstown Events Centre rather than over its playing fields, while the Frankton interchange will be repositioned to connect directly with the bus hub.

Southern Infrastructure Ltd (SIL) has refined the network design after months of engagement with residents, community groups, businesses, landowners and Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC).

The engagement included four public webinars, a community survey with nearly 900 responses, and dozens of meetings with groups and landowners along the proposed route.

The four proposed Frankton stations are now within precincts identified in the council’s Te Kirikiri/Frankton Masterplan: Frankton Village, Queenstown Airport, the Five Mile Urban Corridor and Quail Rise.

SIL chief executive Ross Copland said the engagement process showed the importance of community feedback.

“Council and residents gave us fairly consistent feedback: don’t cross the playing fields. So we’ve worked with the engineers and found a way to make that work.

“The new alignment is slightly less direct, but it aligns better to the original Frankton Masterplan design.”

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