Kaffelogic, a manufacturer of coffee-bean roasting systems, was shocked last month when all parking and turning space outside its Castle St factory was eliminated overnight.
That left the company wondering how it would run operations from the building with access now difficult.
The changes were made to accommodate traffic using Castle St for the construction of the new Dunedin hospital.
Kaffelogic general manager Dean Boston said he had a visit last week from a project director from CPB.
Mr Boston said CPB apologised that Kaffelogic had not been contacted about the parking changes and they were willing to do whatever it took to improve the situation.
CPB had contracted a third party to contact businesses in the area and though they did the neighbouring businesses, Kaffelogic was missed.
He said CPB were prepared to help and had recognised how tricky it could be with no parking or turning areas outside the business on a busy state highway near the centre of the city.
‘‘They just came in very apologetic, very keen to help and really keen to solve the problem. Willing to spend money if they have to to solve the problem,’’ he said.
Mr Boston wondered why the cycle lane in Castle St had not been moved to St Andrew St and then on to Anzac Ave — where there was already a cycle lane — to reconnect with SH1 by the railway station.
He said CPB was also keen on that idea.
‘‘And their answer was, we went to Wellington, we talked to them for six months about what would be the smart idea and Wellington refused. NZTA [NZ Transport Agency] said it had to be a cycle lane on State Highway 1.’’
Kaffelogic was looking to move into a new warehouse in Fox St in the next couple of weeks. It was just a case of juggling things at the moment around access.
He said government departments had been a ‘‘waste of time’’ to deal with over the parking changes.
He had contacted the Ministry of Health who told them NZTA had done everything right so that was the end of the matter.
