Brewery Creek and Reavers Lane - Natural Hazard Review

About the Natural Hazard Review

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has been investigating risk from natural hazards in the Brewery Creek and Reavers Lane areas. Assessments show there is a range of risk levels in these areas, with elevated levels of risk in some places. We've also been investigating potential options for managing this risk to ensure that people and property are safe.

Preferred response package

Using all the information collected to date, a preferred response package has been developed to manage rockfall and debris flow risk across Brewery Creek and Reavers Lane. This package was endorsed by Councillors at the Thursday 30 June Full Council meeting. Endorsement of the package signals Councillor support for the different elements that make up the preferred response package and a further work programme to develop the package. The preferred response package addresses risk to life and property from rockfall and debris flow hazards, and brings together different elements of the four original risk management options Council and the community has previously considered.

Click here for a summary of the preferred response package and the elements proposed to manage rockfall and debris flow risk across Brewery Creek and Reavers Lane.

The further work programme will need to be undertaken to inform where different elements recommended by the preferred response package will be applied, and their detailed design. This work will need to be progressed before the costs and benefits of the preferred package are fully understood, and before the package can be ready for implementation. Importantly, further decisions will be needed from Councillors ahead of any on the ground implementation of the package.

What's next?

Council staff are now working on a further work programme to inform where the different elements recommended by the preferred response package will be applied, and their detailed design. This further work will address engineering, legal, financial, and funding matters, as well as responsibilities for and the timing of implementation.

Detailed planning and scheduling of the further work programme is estimated to take 18 – 24 months to complete, before the preferred response package will go before Councillors to decide on its implementation.

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Got a question?

If you have any questions on the consultation report, technical information, the preferred response package, or the next steps for the natural hazards plan review, QLDC staff are available to answer any questions. You can ask your question at the bottom of this page and we'll get a member of our Planning team to respond as soon as possible, or fire us an email at letstalk@qldc.govt.nz and we'll respond via email.