Scotland St, which is also part of State Highway 8, is due to be resurfaced in October and the Teviot Valley Community Board had the chance to consider whether there should be any changes to the road layout at the same time.
After spending an hour debating the various options yesterday, the board voted for the status quo, so the town centre will keep its angle parks and distinctive wide main street.
Replacing the angle parking with parallel parking and introducing a 1.8m-wide cycle lane next to the parks, along with a 2.5m-wide flush median strip painted in the centre of the road, was one of the options.
''I don't even know why we're looking at a cycle lane,'' board member Cliff Parker said.
''We should leave it as the status quo ... it's perfect at the moment''.
Central Otago Mayor Tony Lepper said most traffic travelled through the centre of the town slower than the 50kmh speed limit.
''My observation through Roxburgh is most people hit the 50kmh sign and slow down to about 35kmh and remain at that speed through the centre of the town. If they're travelling at 35kmh, and you're a cyclist, where's the problem?'' However, board member Russell Read said speaking as a cyclist, it could be ''scary'' travelling close to traffic in the town. Central Otago District Council Teviot ward representative Stephen Jeffery, who is also the chairman of the Roxburgh Gorge Cycle Trail Trust, said the district had ''encouraged'' cyclists to come to the Teviot Valley.
''Whether we handle that by putting in cycle lanes is another question, '' he said. Cycle lanes in the main street might give cyclists a ''false confidence'' in their safety and the status quo in road markings was probably a better option, Mr Jeffery said.
''Why would we reduce the space available across the roadway by introducing a median strip or cycle lane?''Board chairman Raymond Gunn also queried whether any change was needed.
''I hear nothing but good comments about our town centre,'' he said. Board member Jenna Stevens said she could not see how a flush median strip painted on the road made it any safer. Council infrastructure services manager Jon Kingsford said it gave an impression the carriageway was narrower, which meant drivers would slow down.
