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"Sick of seeing road cones": Queenstown optimistic as cable car project enters fast-track process

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 7 Apr 2026, 8:42am
An artist impression of the Queenstown Cable Car, which would help ease transport woes.
An artist impression of the Queenstown Cable Car, which would help ease transport woes.

"Sick of seeing road cones": Queenstown optimistic as cable car project enters fast-track process

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 7 Apr 2026, 8:42am

Queenstown's proposed cable car network could open as early as 2029 if fast track approval's granted.  

The network would link the town centre with the airport, Frankton, and the Ladies Mile – moving up to three-thousand passengers each way per hour.  

Ten-million cars drive on Frankton Road, making it the country's second busiest single-carriageway road. 

Southern Infrastructure CEO Ross Copland told Mike Hosking the network can be built without impacting traffic.  

He says Queenstown locals are sick of having road cones everywhere. 

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