Crux site visit: little evidence of arterial road work

As ratepayers become more and more alarmed at the apparent lack of progress, and spiralling cost, of Queenstown's $128 million 'road to nowhere', Crux decided to visit the site today.

We walked the entire 670 metres of stage one of the arterial road from east to west and found no actual construction activity underway. We'll let our photos tell the story. All of the images were taken between 10am and 11am (Tuesday, March 19). The weather was perfect.

Frankton Road at the start of the arterial road - one worker, little work.

Looking east towards Frankton Road.

Looking east towards Frankton Road from Sydney Street.

The junction of Melbourne and Sydney Streets.

Near Sydney and Beetham Streets.

Directional signage to St Joseph's school and church.

Looking west from Sydney Street.

The Ballarat Street vehicle and management compound.

A line of Fulton Hogan vehicles on Ballarat Street.

The top of Ballarat Street - a management and storage compound.

Henry Street looking east.

Henry Street, the western end of the project.