DCC tardy in cycle way fix, resident says

A St Clair resident has called on the Dunedin City Council to fix an abandoned piece of cycleway in his area before moving on to the central city.

Neil Burrow said cycleways and traffic-calming measures on the intersections between Prince Albert Rd and both New and Bellona Sts were dangerous and had been left by the council for at least two years.

The cycleways at both intersections had long been blocked off by bollards, but the traffic-calming measures meant motorists turning left from both streets on to Prince Albert Rd had to veer out across the centre line.

This caused a number of near misses and he often saw drivers honking their horns and gesturing at people who crossed into the path of oncoming traffic as they turned.

He contacted the Otago Daily Times because he was worried the council was moving on to work in the central city and he did not want it to come at the cost of fixing the mess it had created on the intersections with Prince Albert Rd.

Acting council group transport manager Richard Saunders agreed remedial work was needed at both intersections, but it had taken some time to get the plan right.

''We want to make sure we get the final result right,'' he said,

A design for the work had been completed and was being reviewed by emergency services and key stakeholders.

''We hope to have the physical works completed early [next year] prior to any further work on the central city cycleways.''

vaughan.elder@odt.co.nz