A report on the short and long-term solutions to address the safety of the road was prepared following a Queenstown Lakes District Council workshop in November.
The safety of the partially sealed road has long been a issue for residents and came to a head in October, after Luggate teenager Jackson Aitchison was killed when the car he was driving left an unsealed section of the road and hit a tree.
A report prepared by senior engineer Andrew Edgar will be presented to the Wanaka Community Board on Wednesday.
It recommends the council improve the 4.1km road between Wanaka and State Highway 6 to a full seal standard.
Crashes both serious and minor would be reduced and it would assist the growth of Wanaka and surrounding towns, the report found.
Increased road width, full pavements, drainage and safety treatments (such as barriers) would be included in the full seal design.
It was expected a crash which caused serious injury or death would occur at least once every five years, if the road was not improved.
Traffic volumes were also expected to increase as the Three Parks development and developments near Luggate were completed.
Construction of the sealed road is expected to cost about $2.4million and the council would approach the New Zealand Transport Authority to help with that.
In the short term the council would need to continue temporary 50kmh speed restrictions on the unsealed sections of the road, add warning signs and continue dust suppression.
Ballantyne Rd resident Dr David Allan, who has long advocated for the road to be fully sealed, was happy a plan was now in place for improvement, which had not happened before.
``A lot of us on the road and the Mt Barker Residents Association have long memories of promises being made in the past and not being followed through.
``But this time it seems like they are being proactive and getting everything together, which is great,'' Dr Allan said.
Because the road would be fully sealed under the proposal, it would make it safer not just for people driving, but also cyclists and pedestrians, he said.
Community board chairwoman Rachel Brown said the best-case scenario was a project plan for sealing the road to be added to the council's long-term plan in 2018.
She was pleased the council would continue to monitor and improve the safety of the road in the short term.
Issues would need to be addressed, such where the funding would come from, but a plan was in place and the council and the community would work towards that, Ms Brown said.
