Identifying potentially earthquake-prone priority thoroughfares and buildings

Overview

Council is seeking feedback on proposed priority thoroughfares as part of the process of identifying priority buildings in the Queenstown Lakes District, as required under the Building (Earthquake-prone buildings) Amendment Act 2016.

To make our communities safer, the legislation requires councils across New Zealand to identify priority buildings. Priority buildings pose a high risk to life safety, or are critical to recovery in an emergency.

To identify priority buildings, we must first identify priority thoroughfares. A thoroughfare may warrant prioritising due to:

High pedestrian and vehicle movements.
Unreinforced masonry building (URM) that may collapse during an earthquake.

Once the identification of priority thoroughfares has been confirmed, any building on these thoroughfares that is likely to fall on walkways or motorways in the event of a moderate earthquake will be deemed a priority building.

What is being proposed:

A number of thoroughfares in Queenstown and Arrowtown have been identified as priority thoroughfares. These are:

To read the statement of proposal, please click here.

Make a submission:

We are seeking your feedback on these proposed priority thoroughfares. Please complete this online survey to let us know what you think.

Submissions are invited from Saturday 9 February 2019 and must be received by Council no later than 5.00pm on Friday 15 March 2019.