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Concession granted for Fiordland tunnel 24-Nov-2011 At 12:19:48 PM Cesca

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This has been talked about for years and the granting of the concession by the NZ Conservation Minister was announced about two weeks ago. I only just heard the news, and am now spreading it.

http://www.doc.govt.nz/getting-involved/consultations/current/notified-concession-applications/dart-passage-tunnel-milford-dart-ltd/

As far as I am aware, the purpose of this tunnel is to get tourists into Milford Sound from Queenstown and back again, faster. It hasn't occurred to anyone to simply stop trying to do a Milford Sound Cruise as a day trip from Queenstown, but I guess this is because a lage part of Milford's target market is package tourists with majorly limited time, such as those from Japan, China, Korea, etc.

The tunnel will go through two National Parks - Fiordland NP and Aspiring NP.

You have until Jan 27 2012 to make a submission voicing your opposition.

Cheers,

Francesca