Community session
Community Session. Come and share. Listen and be heard
Monday 4 November 2024 at 7pm at the Church Cellar Door and Cafe.
How is Gibbston Valley Station (GVS ) going to address the infrastructure issues from a massive build on a small piece of land ?
GVS’s pitch is Quote
“The company's chief executive Greg Hunt has told Crux today he considers the Gibbston proposal to be unique compared to others on the government list in that it is "entirely within an existing development zone, with infrastructure in place for the initial stages of development". Unquote.
Many questions. More doubts. One of them is, has GVS considered the spillover infrastructure issues on to the highway and the weight on public utilities including water and sewage?
Will the ratepayers in the Queenstown Lake District have to shoulder most of infrastructure costs, noting that at this stage, QLDC has no details of what this Fast Track application is. An example is, can the Kawarau Gorge bridge take on the increased traffic of an additional 900 homes without strengthening and widening it?
How will our Kawarau Dark Sky Park be protected?
In a one liner, GVS said it will. Is that sufficient assurance for us?
The Gibbston Valley Resort, as it stands, was approved because it was assessed that it would not harm the Gibbston Character Zone (GCZ). Has GVS considered and identified any side adverse effects on the GCZ with their proposed village?
Is this how planning for a village is done, namely, GVS has not spoken to the Ministry of Education and if there is no demand for a school, they will do something else?
Does Fast Track approve a plan based on concept and that allows GVS to build with the end result which is a significant change from the concept? Where are the controls?
GVS did not have a discussion with the community before they submitted their Fast Track application but in their marketing pitch, promotes community engagement for the occupants of the 900 homes and will do so, when it is time to design the school. Is this an acceptable practice for an organisation, the largest in a small community, whose primary business relies totally on the land and its surroundings?
Did GVS talk to the adjacent landowners who have the Fast Track right to have a say?
The above are some of the many questions and concerns. They are a good representation, from at least 100 FOGCZ supporters.
So what is this Fast Track application of GVS?
FOGCZ do not have much details. They are trying hard to get them. They are trying to break through the unreasonable barriers of Fast Track.
GVS provided a condensed version of its application. This version shows what they wanted. Not how they will do it. Not how they will protect GCZ. Not how they will protect the Dark Sky Park. Not how they will solve the infrastructure issues. Not how they will engage with the Gibbston community.
If you wish to have a copy of this and you are a supporter of FOGCZ, please send a request to fogczgroup@gmail.com. The file is rather big so it could not be sent via the standard email transmission but through a link. We request that you do not on forward this report.
The Ministry for Environment is responsible for the Fast Track bill. They can’t release the details. Why? Please read their reply in full.
In a nutshell, you may get to know more details, by 28 November 2024. Perhaps in full. Perhaps a redacted version.
Perhaps, in the spirit of full transparency and community engagement, GVS decides to release it now.
In summary, FOGCZ will have to speak up and be heard.
A few wrote in to say that they can’t make it on the 4 November 2024. But they want to be represented in words. We will read them out on the evening. You have this option too.
A few helped to get more supporters. With that added assistance, FOGCZ is now 101 strong. Please continue to help.
Above all, please come. To listen. To be heard.
Gibbston Village Masterplan
Fast Track Project Application
Gibbston Village Masterplan
Fast Track Project Application
