The Queenstown Town Centre Arterials project is a key enabling project for the Queenstown Town Centre removing general traffic from Stanley Street and unlocking a range of other investments that will improve the town centre experience for locals and visitors.

LandLAB were engaged by Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) and Waka Kotahi (NZ Transport Agency) to provide urban design and landscape architectural design leadership for the Queenstown Arterials project.

The Queenstown Town Centre Arterials project is a key enabling project for the Queenstown Town Centre.  Stage 1 will link Melbourne and Henry Streets, removing general traffic from Stanley Street and unlocking a range of other investments that will vastly improve the town centre experience for locals and visitors.

Since  then it has been part of various transport strategies and most recently part of the Queenstown Town Centre Masterplan and a detailed business case for transport improvements all the way from Ladies Mile, through Frankton  and into and around Queenstown Town Centre

The need to look at an alternative roading solution to address traffic and congestion in the town centre has been identified in a number of strategies and studies since the early 2000s including the 2005 FutureLinks Transport and Parking Strategy, 2008 and 2014 Inner Links Study and 2017 Queenstown Town Centre Masterplan Town Centre Arterials indicative business case.  All of these strategies and studies have been subject to community engagement, highlighting that this is a project that already has a reasonably high profile across the district.