Council senior traffic engineer Ron Minnema said he wanted to get the strips replaced as soon as possible to help prevent further accidents.
A woman was taken to Dunedin Hospital with a serious injury last week after she fell from her bicycle while crossing the tracks on a rainy day. Other people have since contacted the Otago Daily Times to report broken bones and other serious injuries.
Mr Minnema said his staff looked at the strips last Thursday and found they were due for replacement. He was not sure when they were installed, but the first strips were put in in 2004 and were meant to last for about two years.
However, there had to be other things put in place to go with the strips, to make the area safer for cyclists, including scheduling a regular replacement of the strips.
Staff could also look at things like warning signs, safety barriers and how they might encourage cyclists to cycle more on other parts of the road. The priority was to get the strips replaced as soon as possible.
He had confirmed the money to do that was available, and would talk with railtrack maintainer Ontrack within a week.
"We will try and do that [replace the strips] within the next couple of weeks to remove the immediate danger."
Working out the long-term solutions would require a bit more work, including observation and monitoring of the area, and consultation with cycling groups.
That work might take up to six months.
Erika Buky, of Spokes Dunedin, said the cycle advocacy group was aware of the issues at the site - she personally knew two people who had come off their cycles there - and had raised concerns with the council at its last regular meeting with staff about six weeks ago.
The issue was that the tracks crossed the cycle way on an angle, which was potentially hazardous when cycling over them with a narrow cycle tyre.
It was less of a hazard to cycle down Birch St and around back out to Portsmouth Dr, but was a significant detour, when people preferred to cycle straight through along Wharf St.
She was pleased the council was taking a look at that issue now and looked forward to hearing from them on the matter.
She hoped the council would also look at an issue at St Andrew St where the seal in both the cycleway and footpath across the tracks, was breaking up, causing both a foot and cycle tyre hazard.
