New public spaces have been billed for four locations around the Upper Clutha.

Cardrona, Albert Town, Makarora, and Northlake could each be getting new reserves, ranging in size from 180m2 to 170,005m2.

The Wānaka Upper Clutha Community Board (WUCCB) will decide whether or not to recommend the council vests the reserves at today’s (Thursday March 27) meeting.

In Cardrona, a proposed 16,975m2 reserve would “provide public green space within the Cardrona settlement area”, Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) parks and reserve planner Dominic Harrison said.

The long, narrow reserve would be located in the Cardrona township, on the east side of Cardrona Valley Road.

It would provide “an opportunity for valuable recreation land to be utilised by residents in an accessible and central location”, Dominic said.

Meanwhile in ‘old’ Albert Town (on the south side of SH6), a substantial 170,005m site billed for a recreation reserve would “provide additional open/green space adjacent to the Cardrona River”.

Both reserves are on council-owned land.

Northlake is one of the locations mooted for a new reserve. PHOTO: Wānaka App

The other two reserves - these ones local purpose reserves, also known as access reserves - are proposed to be located within new subdivisions.

In Makarora, a 699m2 reserve would sit within a new 29-lot subdivision off Rata Road.

It will contain a stone chimney “showcasing some of the history of the area” and provide access from the subdivision to Rata Road, Dominic said.

A new, 125-lot stage in the northwest corner of Northlake will include a 180m2 reserve, providing a “logical connection” to a planned walking and cycling track.

Dominic said the first two reserves would “increase recreational opportunities” in the Upper Clutha and the latter two would “provide important pedestrian/cycle connections”.

The WUCCB meeting will take place at the Lake Hāwea Community Centre at 10am today.