Call for possible private sector investment in Queenstown carpark buildings

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is putting the call out for private investors interested in a potential partnership to deliver parking solutions for the Queenstown Town Centre.

Proposed parking solutions are included in the Queenstown Town Centre Masterplan which formed an integral part of the infrastructure development programme in the recently adopted QLDC 2018-2028 Ten Year Plan.

Facilities proposed within the Ten Year Plan include a new 242-space parking building at the current Boundary Street car park at a cost of $18.3M and a 350-space parking building on the current Ballarat Street parking site at a cost of $25.8M. Also included is $3.9M for a parking management system for the parking buildings.

QLDC Mayor Jim Boult said there’s a lot of community support for Council to get on with delivering on the Queenstown Town Centre Masterplan.

“We’ve taken on board a number of submissions received via the Ten Year Plan process suggesting there may be a preference for alternative investment models for car parking. Now that we’ve completed a Detailed Business Case for the two proposed facilities we’d like to explore options for a possible private partnership. QLDC is committed to the Ten Year Plan timeline of delivering car parking solutions within the town centre by 2022,” said Mayor Boult.

QLDC General Manager Property and Infrastructure Peter Hansby said that, “in order to gauge whether there are private sector investors who would like to partner with the Council on this project or propose alternative parking solutions, we’re releasing a Registration of Interest (ROI) on 31 August”.

Respondents will need to demonstrate how their solutions align with the Masterplan objectives and outcomes and may include developments on QLDC owned land or privately owned land.

Proposals will be called for through the Government Electronic Tenders Service (GETS) site (www.gets.govt.nz) via a ROI process and will be evaluated against the two planned QLDC car park building projects.

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