Up to $1.5 million of Government funding could be lost to the
Otago Regional Council, if it fails to make peace with the
New Zealand Transport Agency over bus contracts.
The Otago Regional Council has awarded new contracts for
Dunedin public bus services, despite a threat from the New
Zealand Transport Agency that it would not subsidise the
services.
A Dunedin cycle lobby group says a New Zealand Transport
Agency proposal for a central city intersection where a
cyclist was killed will do little, if anything, to actually
improve safety, despite that being the objective.
The New Zealand Transport Agency's (NZTA) application to
change the designation for a new $20 million two-lane bridge
on State Highway 6, between Kelvin Heights and Frankton, will
be heard over three days next month.
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is considering
whether to manually control traffic on the Kawarau Bridge as
hundreds more vehicles are expected in and out of Queenstown
around New Year's Eve.
The New Zealand Transport Agency won't disclose details of its review of the one-way state highway systems through Dunedin or an estimated completion date.
All tender processes run by the Otago Regional Council for
public bus services will be audited by the New Zealand
Transport Agency, which is concerned about the council's
maximum bus age and emission standards.
Dunedin City Council chief executive Paul Orders is writing
to the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) asking it to
urgently address the issue of safety for cyclists on
Dunedin's one-way state highway system.
