Upper Beach Street in central Queenstown could become the
town’s second permanent pedestrian mall, depending on the
outcome of a month-long formal consultation by Queenstown
Lakes District Council.
In February the Council began
trialling a partial pedestrianisation at the request of the
Downtown QT. After considering informal feedback on the
trial, the Council has now agreed to undertake formal
consultation on the proposal to declare the section of Beach
Street from Camp Street to Cow Lane as a permanent
pedestrian mall. Vehicle access would be restricted to goods
service vehicles between 5am and 10am, with emergency
services having access at all time.
The Council will make
its decision after considering formal submissions and
holding a public hearing, likely to be in November or
December.
Anyone who has already given their views
informally is being encouraged to make a submission online through the QLDC website www.qldc.govt.nz.
This consultation
closes at 5pm on Friday 7 October,
2016.
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