After two years of development, the Dunedin City Council's new $85,000 website is now live.

The redeveloped website became operational on Monday, 10 years after the last major change.

Council communications and marketing manager Graham McKerracher said the changes were meant to improve the navigation, search function and accessibility, as well as the look and feel of the website, which attracted 655,804 visitors last year.

The cost of the redevelopment was $85,000 spent over two financial years and was designed by Dunedin company The Bold, Mr McKerracher said.

''The purpose is to give customers a better experience and make our website easier for them to use.''

The estimated life span for the new site was from six to 10 years.