Almost 300 people have provided feedback to the Queenstown Lakes District Council on its Queenstown town centre masterplan.
The plan, about two years in the making, was released for feedback in July.
The feedback is being collated and is expected to be presented to the council at its meeting this month.
Aspects of the plan included a cultural and community heart, which would feature a new building to house council staff; public transport and other transport options; improved parking facilities; and enhancing the way the town looked, felt and functioned.
A key component would be the Inner Links project, which has been on the table since about 2005.
The council proposed to push ahead with that, divert traffic from the town centre, and add parking options.
Under the preferred option, the Queenstown Memorial Centre, home to the resort’s Returned and Services Association, would be demolished to make way for a road.
That would also probably result in the the Queenstown Squash Club and Wakatipu Rugby Clubrooms being demolished.
At a full council meeting in Queenstown last month, the squash club’s lease was extended by three years from April 1, 2018, with a renewal provision for another three years.
However, in her report to the council, property adviser Joanne Conroy said the masterplan could affect the site due to the "arterial realignments".
There was a possibility the club would, in time, move to the Queenstown Events Centre site at Frankton. The masterplan brochure included a map which showed the Wakatipu Rugby Club rooms on the opposite side of the Queenstown Recreation Ground as one option.
QLDC senior communications adviser Rebecca Pitts said a total of 289 responses were received from the public.
Those were expected to be released publicly next week.
• Public feedback on the future of commercial land at Queenstown’s Lakeview site closed yesterday.
Ms Pitts said as of noon 30 responses were received, and a report was expected to be presented to the council at its meeting in Wanaka this month.
Last month, the council voted to approve proposed development objectives for the 4.4ha site, once pegged for a convention centre, and agree to a "transaction approach" to engage with the market and select a development partner.
There was about 80,000sqm of building space on the site.
Council strategic projects manager Paul Speedy’s report to the council said the commercial land was underperforming and was attractive to interested investment parties.
Sale of the commercial land, or "selling" development rights, offered an opportunity for the council to meet current and future needs of the community through provision of infrastructure and services.
The transaction approach would not remove council control, because it could prescribe outcomes through a request for proposal process.
