QTS-015 · Accountability report · 2018
Annual Report 2017/18
QLDC's 2017/18 Annual Report records council capital expenditure $13.6m below estimate (p.7). The final stage of Hawthorne Drive (Eastern Access Road) opened on 21 December 2017 (p.3), listed at $25.2m in total (p.11). The Chief Executive notes 'the long-awaited $2 Orbus public transport service introduced by Otago Regional Council' (pp.3-4). The report describes the Town Centre Masterplan as 'The 35 year, $385 million programme' (p.30), records Queenstown parking charges raised to encourage mode shift (p.66) and a $1.26m airport park-and-ride capital contribution partly offset by Queenstown Airport income (p.67). No mass rapid transit reference was found.
What the document says
Context and purpose. The Annual Report covers the final year of the 2015-2025 plan's early period before the 2018-2028 Ten Year Plan, signed 25 October 2018 (p.22).
Transport. Council capital expenditure was $13.6m below estimate (p.7). Transport capital in the funding impact statement was $15.0m against a budget of about $11.2m (p.67). The final stage of Hawthorne Drive opened on 21 December 2017 (p.3), and the capital works table lists the Eastern Access Road (Hawthorne Drive) project at $25,193,153 (p.11). The Chief Executive refers to 'the long-awaited $2 Orbus public transport service introduced by Otago Regional Council' and the Queenstown Integrated Transport Strategy (pp.3-4). The Town Centre Masterplan is described as 'The 35 year, $385 million programme' (p.30). Queenstown parking charges were reviewed and raised to encourage mode shift (p.66). An airport park-and-ride capital contribution of $1.26m was partly offset by $0.63m of Queenstown Airport income (p.67).
Performance. Sealed road maintenance $173.75/km and unsealed $141.05/km, both above target; fatal and serious crashes 11 (target <15); smooth travel 94% (pp.68-70).
Mass rapid transit: No reference to mass rapid transit was found in the text read.
Key figures
- Capital expenditure $13.6m below estimate (p.7)
- Eastern Access Road (Hawthorne Drive) $25,193,153 (p.11)
- Town Centre Masterplan '35 year, $385 million programme' (p.30)
- Airport park-and-ride contribution $1.26m, offset $0.63m QAC income (p.67)
- Transport capital $15.0m vs ~$11.2m budget (p.67)
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Actions recorded
Deliver the 35-year, $385m Queenstown Town Centre Masterplan programme
Not assessed · QLDC · 35 years
The 35 year, $385 million programme
Raise Queenstown parking charges to encourage mode shift
Not assessed · QLDC · 2017/18
parking charges were reviewed and raised
Promote transport projects for the Regional Land Transport Plan
Not assessed · QLDC
transport projects promoted for the Regional Land Transport Plan
Study cost
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Citation
Annual Report 2017/18 (2018).