QTS-131 · Transport strategy · 2026
Queenstown Strategic Network Plan (QSNP) – Further information sheet (August 2026)
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A four-page NZTA information sheet summarising the final Queenstown Strategic Network Plan. It explains why the plan is needed, its three pillars, the four network challenges and the staged package of improvements, from early Frankton Flats and corridor works to longer-term offline high-capacity public transport and a new Kawarau River crossing. It notes the plan is not a funded programme.
What the document says
The sheet summarises the plan's three pillars, including a shift 'to higher capacity public transport (bus and offline)' (p1). It says longer-term projects 'may include offline high-capacity public transport and an additional Kawarau River crossing', subject to further investigation (p2), and lists 'Long-term transformational – Offline high-capacity PT and new Kawarau River crossing (road or offline PT) when triggered and deliverable' (p3). It describes the public transport approach as 'Bus priority first, then offline PT as demand grows' (p4). No technology, route or gondola is named.
Rapid transit
Mass rapid transit means light rail, gondola/cable car, bus rapid transit and similar dedicated rapid-transit technologies. It does not include ordinary bus services or ferries.
Passing. Mentions mass rapid transit without assessing it.
Longer-term offline high-capacity PT (and a new Kawarau crossing 'road or offline PT') 'when triggered and deliverable'; technology not named.
"Maximise the existing bus network and shift to higher capacity public transport (bus and offline)." (p.1) | "Longer-term projects may include offline high-capacity public transport and an additional Kawarau River crossing." (p.2) | "Long-term transformational – Offline high-capacity PT and new Kawarau River crossing (road or offline PT) when triggered and deliverable." (p.3) | "Bus priority first, then offline PT as demand grows" (p.4)
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NZTA (Waka Kotahi). Queenstown Strategic Network Plan (QSNP) – Further information sheet (August 2026) (2026).