A plan outlining major council projects in Queenstown over the next decade has attracted more than 500 submissions.
Consultation on the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s 10-year plan closed last Friday.
The plan features a series of major projects tagged for the next decade, including the $327 million Queenstown town centre masterplan and $124.6 million to be spent on the district’s water.
All of the planned work would amount to nearly a billion dollars in spending.Council communications officer Rebecca Pitts, who released the information yesterday, said about 580 submissions had been received, "but there may be a few more come in through the post".
The draft plan proposes an average rates rise of 6.95% for 2018-19 and an average rates increase of 3.5% over the 10-year life of the plan.
The individual rates for each property type would differ.
A new targeted rate was proposed for the Wakatipu ward to help fund the town centre masterplan, to be completed in stages between 2019 and 2027.
The method of funding the masterplan, which would extend the town centre zone and impose a new targeted rate, drew criticism from former Queenstown mayor Warren Cooper.
Mr Cooper described it as "verging on mad science", and said it lacked economic feasibility.
The submissions will be released publicly online on May 7.
Hearings will be held on May 15 and 16.
