QLDC has today released details of the scope of the much awaited airport consultation exercise – but with the costs hidden and a delayed delivery date.

Details of the project were due to be released before Christmas. A previous QLDC project involving the same consultancy firm, Martin Jenkins, cost ratepayers $219,788.

The contract that contains the scope of the work is not much different to the Request For Proposals Document already published by Crux.

The project is now due for delivery on April 30th, 2020. You can click this link to read a full copy of the contract.

The contract contains the following definition of the work to be done:

The key deliverables are:
1. A socio-economic impact analysis. This will include:

Role of the airport in facilitating and enabling tourism and economic growth and its impacts on the community, region, nation…

Read this in full here.

A plan to turn Wanaka’s “community” airport into a busy jet operation has been made into an animated video to show the potential impacts of the proposed development. https://t.co/W4JVXIki25 via @NZStuff @NZStuffBusiness #wanakaairport #wanaka

— Protect Wanaka (@ProtectWanaka) December 27, 2019