The issue of whether to reopen a beach access track in Warrington is back before Dunedin city councillors today.
It has been closed since 2008 after two rocks were placed at one end of the track by the council following community concerns about the track's safety, ''hoons'' using it and vehicle damage to the estuary.
The closure is illegal as the proper legal process to stop the road corridor was never completed.
After pleas from people wishing to use the road again, the council's infrastructure services committee last month recommended the council trial reopening the road.
Three weeks later, following pleas from other people who want it to stay closed, the full council stalled the rocks' removal, requested additional information and returned the matter to the committee for further consideration.
Councillors visited the site last week.
A staff report to the committee's meeting today makes the same recommendation as that of the earlier decision - remove the rocks after installation of new caution signs and a fence removing parking from the corner where the track meets the formed road.
The report provides additional information in the form of correspondence documenting divided community opinion about the track and other relevant material.
It recommends the committee instruct staff to ''take any additional or alternative course of action in response to the additional information received''.
