Allowing airports to expand and accepting too much tourism and population growth were the main points criticised by the public in their submissions on the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s draft spatial plan. Of almost 100 submissions online on Friday, none, apart from that of the Queenstown Airport Corporation and the Tourist Industry Aotearoa, supported expansion of Queenstown and Wanaka Airports. The spatial plan – entitled Grow Well Whaiora – was drawn up … Continue reading Airports, tourism levels spatial plan concerns [Otago Daily Times, 03/05/21]