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CW: Another Queenstown gondola - with no traces of Rod Drury
Jeez. Now another QT gondola project has also been accepted for fast-track, on its *third* attempt. But this time it's swapped its proposed funicular railway lines for "aerial ropeways".
Of course fast-track allows developers to get away with a few extras, so the proposal includes 1,333 residential units and a skifield on Bowen Peak. There's no mention of sewage or water infrastructure, but I guess that'll become someone else's problem.
The company also plans to build a retail, hospitality and tourism precinct on public land in the recreation reserve at One Mile.
Bowen Peak Ltd is owned by Dr Guy Hingston, an Australian cancer surgeon with zero experience in either aerial ropeways or property development.
Dr Hingston says he kept applying because of a "lifelong desire to help others". How very magnanimous of him.