QTS-225 · Board or committee paper · 2026
NZTA Board minute excerpt – Queenstown Strategic Network Plan endorsed (12 August 2026)
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Excerpt from the minutes of the NZTA Board meeting of 12 August 2026, recording that 'The Board endorsed the Queenstown Strategic Network Plan'. The discussion noted that 'the landscape is moving, with various alternative proposals, including gondolas', that 'the plan signals that we will engage with private sector options', and NZTA's approach 'to get ready to participate in the assessment of the gondola proposals'. It also noted work with the Council on the only alternative access bridge and the importance of communicating the plan to the community.
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.
Notes alternative gondola proposals and NZTA readiness to participate in their assessment.
"The landscape is moving, with various alternative proposals, including gondolas." | "The plan signals that we will engage with private sector options." | "NZTA's approach to get ready to participate in the assessment of the gondola proposals."
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NZTA (Waka Kotahi). NZTA Board minute excerpt – Queenstown Strategic Network Plan endorsed (12 August 2026) (2026). Released under OIA-23524.