Ross C has shady history in his background in the North Island with The SKy Waka, pushed through by his ego & drive, alienating loads along the way. Unfortunately it’s not all been a great result, they drove to cater for tourists, lost the locals & skiers along the way, loads of division he directly caused personally. Then the power had to be upgraded to cope with power consumption. Cost blow outs, infrastructure in lava paths, and ultimately it took out the lower half of ski field in poor snow seasons, as mid field loop was abandoned. The overspend ultimately sent RAL broke.
The idea of avoiding traffic build up in QT is real, are Gondalas tye solutions I personally don’t think so.
Caution in every step required for a suitable transport solution from Airport to Town, like the road to nowhere& lake view it’s ultimately for the investors benifit.
Whats next careless days & demand charges to go to town. Most of WT traffic are locals going about their business- can’t see a tradie taking his tool kit on a Gondy.
Reid is making sense. Are the venturers sharing their patronage v. capacity calculations? Has an analysis been done on the profile of target users? It seems to me the core market would be airport-to-CBD users, and how many of those? For most Frankton shoppers who come via Queenstown, what's the case for parking in QT and taking a gondola to shop and then lug your shopping back? And where's the parking in QT? How many coming from the opposite direction are keen to park and shop/eat in the CBD, cabling from Frankton?
Finally some innovative progressive thinking that avoids roads and the humongous cost involved! Hopefully QLDC doesn’t get in the way
Ross C has shady history in his background in the North Island with The SKy Waka, pushed through by his ego & drive, alienating loads along the way. Unfortunately it’s not all been a great result, they drove to cater for tourists, lost the locals & skiers along the way, loads of division he directly caused personally. Then the power had to be upgraded to cope with power consumption. Cost blow outs, infrastructure in lava paths, and ultimately it took out the lower half of ski field in poor snow seasons, as mid field loop was abandoned. The overspend ultimately sent RAL broke.
The idea of avoiding traffic build up in QT is real, are Gondalas tye solutions I personally don’t think so.
Caution in every step required for a suitable transport solution from Airport to Town, like the road to nowhere& lake view it’s ultimately for the investors benifit.
Whats next careless days & demand charges to go to town. Most of WT traffic are locals going about their business- can’t see a tradie taking his tool kit on a Gondy.
I thought this was an April first story.
Reid is making sense. Are the venturers sharing their patronage v. capacity calculations? Has an analysis been done on the profile of target users? It seems to me the core market would be airport-to-CBD users, and how many of those? For most Frankton shoppers who come via Queenstown, what's the case for parking in QT and taking a gondola to shop and then lug your shopping back? And where's the parking in QT? How many coming from the opposite direction are keen to park and shop/eat in the CBD, cabling from Frankton?
The gondolas would look horrible on our landscape, not to mention loss of privacy for surrounding homes etc!!! 👎👎
I oppose the gondolas. There has been a new cable car system proposed, that would be a better option !!!!!
Lets hope they arent white... ick, but maybe coloured like the surroundings, less of an eye sore
Whirring silently?
Perhaps we should have said “quietly” 🙂