QUEENSTOWN ARTERIALS
LandLAB are engaged by MRCB Property to provide urban design and landscape architectural inputs into the Aotea Precinct and Symphony Centre project. The Symphony Centre extends beyond conventional urban development, it is a place where life, work and leisure harmoniously coexist and stands as a living homage to both Māori culture and a shared future vision.
Tāhuna / Queenstown Street Upgrades is the flagship project of the Queenstown Town Centre Masterplan, delivering transformational change to the heart of Queenstown by providing new spaces and experiences for both locals and visitors.
Two important City Centre Masterplan moves have been realised with this project. The east-west ‘Gardens to Gondola’ connection between Park and Brecon Street and the north-south ‘Lake to Mountain’ public transport spine along Beach Street.
The Queenstown Town Centre Arterials project is a key enabling project for the Queenstown Town Centre. Stage 1 will link Melbourne and Henry Streets, removing general traffic from Stanley Street and unlocking a range of other investments that will vastly improve the town centre experience for locals and visitors.
Since then it has been part of various transport strategies and most recently part of the Queenstown Town Centre Masterplan and a detailed business case for transport improvements all the way from Ladies Mile, through Frankton and into and around Queenstown Town Centre
The need to look at an alternative roading solution to address traffic and congestion in the town centre has been identified in a number of strategies and studies since the early 2000s including the 2005 FutureLinks Transport and Parking Strategy, 2008 and 2014 Inner Links Study and 2017 Queenstown Town Centre Masterplan Town Centre Arterials indicative business case. All of these strategies and studies have been subject to community engagement, highlighting that this is a project that already has a reasonably high profile across the district.
Details
Budget
$200m
Collaborators
BECA (Civil + Transport)
2020 - 2021
Date
Tahuna - Queenstown
Location
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) + Waka Kotahi
Client