Queenstown Public and Passenger Transport Facilities Indicative Business Case November 2017 Document Title: Queenstown Public and Passenger Transport Facilities: Indicative Business Case Prepared for: QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Quality Assurance Statement Rationale Limited Project Manager: Gavin Flynn 5 Arrow Lane Prepared by: Ben Smith PO Box 226 Reviewed by: Tom Lucas Arrowtown 9351 Approved for issue by: Edward Guy Phone: +64 3 442 1156 Job number: J000621 Document Control History Rev No. Date Revision Details Prepared by Reviewed by Approved by 2.0-2.2 November Draft for QLDC review Ben Smith Tom Lucas Edward Guy 2017 2.3-2.5 November Updated post QLDC review Ben Smith Tom Lucas Edward Guy 2017 Current Version Rev No. Date Revision Details Prepared by Reviewed by Approved by 2.6 November QLDC/ NZTA updates Ben Smith Gavin Flynn Edward Guy 2017 Please note that this document uses A4 and A3 pages in both portrait and landscape formats. 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File path: https://rationaleltd.sharepoint.com/AppPages/documents.aspx#/Shared Documents1/Clients/QLDC/Jobs/J000622 - Queenstown Town Centre Public Transport Facilities IBC/4 Working/4 Full Business Case/P&PT IBC Full Case v2.6.docx Contents Glossary of Terms ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 5 1 Strategic Case (Strategy) ................................................................................................................... 12 1.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................................ 12 2 Strategic Case (Activity)..................................................................................................................... 13 2.1 Current Public and Passenger Provisions ............................................................................................ 13 2.2 Passenger Transport in Queenstown ................................................................................................... 15 2.3 Existing Public Transport Network ........................................................................................................ 18 2.4 Otago Regional Council Public Transport Business Cases .................................................................. 21 3 Problems, Benefits and Constraints ................................................................................................. 22 3.1 Town Centre Masterplan ...................................................................................................................... 22 3.2 The Problems – Public and Passenger Transport ................................................................................ 24 3.3 Public and Passenger Transport Facilities Benefits ............................................................................. 29 3.4 Potential Constraints and Risks ............................................................................................................ 32 4 Alignment to Existing Strategies / Organisational Goals ............................................................... 34 4.1 Current Related Strategies and Studies ............................................................................................... 34 4.2 Alignment to Existing Strategies / Organisational Goals ...................................................................... 34 5 The Evidence ....................................................................................................................................... 43 5.1 Growth .................................................................................................................................................. 43 5.2 Modal Split ............................................................................................................................................ 50 5.3 Projected future demand by mode ........................................................................................................ 52 5.4 Land Use Change ................................................................................................................................. 54 5.5 Public and Passenger User Survey ...................................................................................................... 55 5.6 Resident and Visitor Surveys ................................................................................................................ 56 5.7 Park and Ride Survey 2016 .................................................................................................................. 61 5.8 Initial Masterplan Engagement Results ................................................................................................ 61 5.9 Masterplan preferred option engagement ............................................................................................. 62 5.10 Queenstown Airport growth forecasts ................................................................................................... 64 6 Activity development .......................................................................................................................... 66 6.1 Geographical & Environmental Context ................................................................................................ 66 6.2 Economic context ................................................................................................................................. 70 6.3 Supporting sustainable growth ............................................................................................................. 72 7 Options development and assessment ............................................................................................ 74 7.1 The option development process .......................................................................................................... 74 7.2 Strategic options ................................................................................................................................... 75 7.3 The need and location for a new interchange ....................................................................................... 78 7.4 PT Hub Ancillary Building site selection ............................................................................................... 83 7.5 Long list programme development ....................................................................................................... 83 7.6 The do-minimum and do minimum plus (demand and productivity focus) ........................................... 83 7.7 Assessment of options .......................................................................................................................... 86 7.8 Shortlisted options ................................................................................................................................ 87 8 Preferred Programme ......................................................................................................................... 94 8.1 Programme overview ............................................................................................................................ 94 8.2 Programme scope ................................................................................................................................ 94 8.3 Detailed programme description ........................................................................................................... 95 8.4 Programme implementation strategy and trigger points ..................................................................... 112 8.5 Preferred Programme – Assessment ................................................................................................. 121 9 Commercial Case .............................................................................................................................. 134 9.1 The deal – what is required ................................................................................................................ 134 9.2 Market capability ................................................................................................................................. 134 9.3 Implementing organisations ................................................................................................................ 134 9.4 Procurement Strategy ......................................................................................................................... 135 9.5 Consenting Strategy ........................................................................................................................... 135 9.6 Property acquisition ............................................................................................................................ 136 9.7 Implementation timing ......................................................................................................................... 136 9.8 Contract Management ........................................................................................................................ 136 9.9 Risk allocation ....................................................................................................................................