Turning the first sod at the Lakeview site yesterday are (from left) Queenstown Lakes District Council chief executive Mike Theelen, CMP Construction contracts manager Dom Fleischl, Mayor John Glover and Ninety Four Feet managing director Dean Rzechta. PHOTO: GUY WILLIAMS After more than six years of planning, physical work is about to start on Queenstown’s $3billion Lakeview Te Taumata project.