What does the decision mean?

Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) was granted a five-year consent to extract 1,070,000cu m of gravel from the Shotover delta within an area 300-500m wide and 1590m long on the true left side of the river.

It would use the gravel as fill for the proposed eastern runway end safety area (Resa).

The QAC was granted consent to stockpile gravel, construct and use haul routes through the delta and provide temporary site offices, fences, vehicle storage and use, storage and use of fixed plant and machinery.

The Otago Regional Council (ORC) was granted a five-year consent to build a temporary Bailey bridge for gravel trucks over the Kawarau River and earthworks associated.

The single-span bridge could only be in place between May 1 and September 30 each year.

The ORC was granted consent for the "one-off" extraction of gravel from the delta and Kawarau River as a flood mitigation measure, lowering the riverbed by 1m to 1.5m.

The regional council would make the gravel available to other parties, including Queenstown Airport to build its proposed Resa.

The QLDC was granted approval to build the Shotover delta training line but the commissioners said the ORC must address "tension" between the training line plan, the statutory protective Water Conservation (Kawarau) Order 1997, and the ORC's water plan.

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