Traffic and Parking Bylaw 2025
QLDC draft Traffic and Parking Bylaw 2025 | Kā Waeture Huarahi kā Tūka Waka 2025
Starting on Thursday 7 August, Queenstown Lakes District Council will be taking formal submissions on a draft Traffic and Parking Bylaw 2025 | Kā Waeture Huarahi kā Tūka Waka 2025.
Below you’ll find information on what’s being proposed in the draft Bylaw and why, and how you can get involved and share your thoughts on the matter.
You'll also find a separate feedback form to share more general comments around traffic and parking issues you face in the district.
What’s the draft Traffic and Parking Bylaw 2025 and why do we need one?
The Traffic & Parking Bylaw works to regulate a wide range of activities that take place on our road reserves and within parking areas, ultimately to ensure everyone can use our road network in a safe and efficient way.
This includes setting requirements around parking, and the behaviour of traffic on any road or parking area that is owned or managed by QLDC.
While the existing Bylaw from 2018 has generally worked well, a lot has changed in the Queenstown Lakes District since then, and we’re aware that traffic and parking continue to be key concerns for our communities.
In 2024 alone, 39% of all Council requests for service (including Snap Send Solve requests) were related to parking. 8% of those were about vehicles parked on berms.
A new Traffic & Parking Bylaw provides Council with an opportunity to ensure regulations in our road reserves and parking areas align with national legislation and community needs, so everyone can use our road network in a safe and healthy way.
What changes are being proposed?
Some of the key changes proposed in the draft Traffic & Parking Bylaw 2025 include:
- Enabling police to enforce fitting of snow chains on vehicles (particularly on the Crown Range).
- Incorporating new definitions into the draft bylaw to aid regulation in emerging areas of interest for the district (e.g., electric vehicles, micromobility devices).
- Update and simplify the draft bylaw to ensure alignment with national legislation and ease of use.
- Help regulate shared zones and shared paths through additional clauses in the draft bylaw.
- Encourage the use of bicycles by allowing more flexible parking locations and simplifying wording in the draft bylaw.
- Amend the resolution process to reference Council’s intended parking strategy/plans.
Why does this matter to me?
Requirements around traffic and parking directly affect how you live in, move around, and access your communities.
The draft Traffic & Parking Bylaw 2025 aims to balance what works best for everyone in our public spaces – whether that’s around parking options and limits, rules for different types of vehicles and the roads they can use, bike lanes, mobility parking, and even shared spaces.
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Don’t park your thoughts – get involved today
We would like to hear your thoughts on what we’re proposing in the draft Traffic & Parking Bylaw 2025.
Let us know what you think we’ve got right, what you would like to see changed, or any other ideas you may have to ensure everyone can use our road network in a safe and healthy way.
Make a submission in any of the below ways:
- Online: Use the feedback form below or click here.
- Post: Mail your submission to Traffic & Parking Bylaw, Queenstown Lakes District Council, Freepost 191078, Private Bag 50072, Queenstown 9348.
- Email: Send your submission to letstalk@qldc.govt.nz using the subject line Traffic & Parking Bylaw.
Please remember to indicate if you wish to speak to your submission at a hearing on the matter.
Consultation will take place from 8.00am on Thursday 7 August through to Sunday 7 September 2025.
Got any other general thoughts or comments to make about traffic or parking around the Queenstown Lakes District?
Separate to making a formal submission on the draft Traffic & Parking Bylaw, we're also keen to understand more about the main issues you experience regarding traffic and parking. A separate short feedback form is available below (or click here).
What happens next?
After we’ve received and reviewed feedback, those interested will be able to speak to their submissions at hearings in late September/early October 2025.
The draft Traffic & Parking Bylaw 2025 will then be presented to Council for deliberation and adoption at a Full Council Meeting before the end of the year.
