A speed hump, installed in error as part of the South Dunedin cycleway works, was removed yesterday after only two days.
The blunder occurred after the contractor was given the wrong plans.
The speed hump, at the intersection of Tedder and Market Sts, was installed on Tuesday.
The work was part of the area's original cycle network plans.
But those plans had been halted in May after concerns from residents and road users some of the infrastructure was unsuitable.
In the past month, many parts of those original works have been removed by Dunedin City Council contractor Downers, while plans for the area's cycle network are redrawn.
As well as removing parts of the already installed cycleway infrastructure, Downer had been tasked with finishing parts of the originally planned work, council network development and operations manager Mike Harrison said yesterday.
But the originally planned work still being completed should not have included the Tedder St speed humps, he said.
Somehow, the contractors had received the wrong plans and begun work installing the unwanted speed humps this week.
When council staff realised the mistake, the first speed hump had already been constructed. It was removed yesterday.
The cost of the mistake was not yet known, but was estimated to be ''in the order of $5000'', Mr Harrison said.
The mistake had occurred during the ''review stage'' of the network's remedial works, and ''in the rush to get work finished it was missed''.
''This is a line in the sand,'' Mr Harrison said.
''This is one that I missed and it's regrettable. There is no other work like this planned. It's not going to happen again.''
A report detailing the redrawn plans for South Dunedin's cycle network will be presented to the council's infrastructure services committee next Thursday.
