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John Wilson Drive
Dunedin
June 11
30kmh limit finds support
Dunedin city councillors support lowering the speed limit for John Wilson Ocean Dr, but it could be a year before any change is introduced.
Dunedin
May 5
No problem with interim road set-up
Reopening vehicle access to John Wilson Ocean Dr has gone well so far, Dunedin City Council staff say.
Dunedin
February 14
Ocean drive reopens to motorists
John Wilson Ocean Dr has reopened to motorists. A lone protester watched in silence as First Security operations manager Garry McLennan unlocked and removed two bollards at the St Kilda end of the windswept seaside drive at 11am yesterday.
Dunedin
February 12
Road reopening today
Dunedin's John Wilson Ocean Dr will reopen to vehicles for four hours on weekdays, from today.
Dunedin
January 31
Tar a sticking point with users
Dunedin residents may be stuck with the reopening of John Wilson Ocean Dr.
Dunedin
January 11
Drive to reopen for vehicles
John Wilson Ocean Dr should be reopened to vehicles within the next month.
Dunedin
December 12
Drive to reopen; debate over speed
After years of going around in circles, the Dunedin City Council yesterday decided to reopen John Wilson Ocean Dr to vehicles.
Dunedin
November 8
Further John Wilson Ocean Dr option
Just as Dunedin city councillors say it is time to stop stringing the community along and make a decision on John Wilson Ocean Dr, a report from council staff throws another option on the table that could prolong the debate further.
Dunedin
November 4
Nod for John Wilson Ocean Dr compromise
Those on either side of the debate about whether John Wilson Ocean Dr should be reopened to vehicles largely begrudgingly accept the compromise the council is proposing.
Dunedin
October 15
Discussion on drive stalled
The latest Dunedin City Council discussion about future vehicle access on John Wilson Ocean Dr was yesterday put off until late October.
Dunedin
October 13
John Wilson Ocean Dr future on agenda again
Dunedin city councillors will have yet another opportunity to debate future vehicular access to John Wilson Ocean Dr on Monday, council staff recommending they stick with the decision they made last year to limit vehicle access to a few hours a day.
Dunedin
September 9
Countdown to John Wilson Drive decision
Dunedin city councillors will next month decide the final fate of John Wilson Ocean Dr - again.
Dunedin
May 19
Ocean drive access in spotlight again
The debate over access to Dunedin's John Wilson Ocean Dr may be rekindled after city councillors resolved to look again at a barrier arm, after deciding last year it would be too expensive.
Dunedin
May 9
Flat Ocean Drive top training spot
Sled dogs and skiers could become a regular feature of John Wilson Ocean Dr in Dunedin if one submitter to the Dunedin City Council's annual plan/long-term planning process gets his wish.
Dunedin
January 3
Burnout sparks fire on John Wilson Dr
Firefighters extinguished a small grass fire on John Wilson Ocean Dr in Dunedin yesterday.
Dunedin
December 16
Vehicles back on John Wilson Drive
Motorists will again be driving along John Wilson Ocean Dr next year, after emotional arguments and pleas to compromise at yesterday's Dunedin City Council meeting won the day - by just a single vote.
Editorial
December 13
Deja vu all over again
At last, following Monday's Dunedin City Council meeting, the long-running issue of what to do about John Wilson Ocean Dr has been laid to rest. Or has it?
Dunedin
December 11
Councillors set to decide Ocean Dr debate
The two-and-a-half-year debate over the future of John Wilson Ocean Dr in Dunedin could be about to come to an end.
Dunedin
December 5
Council still divided on Ocean Dr access
The Dunedin City Council remains as divided as the community over John Wilson Ocean Dr, after a casting vote was needed to end a deadlocked debate over vehicle access to the road yesterday. The future of the closed section of road was back before councillors at yesterday's community development committee, with a staff report recommending an $88,000 upgrade before reinstating vehicle access between 11am and 2pm on weekdays.
Dunedin
September 7
More than 1000 seek opening of ocean drive
A petition signed by more than 1000 people backed fresh calls for John Wilson Ocean Dr to be reopened to vehicles.
Dunedin
June 30
Chair men disagree over ocean drive access
Two men, two wheelchairs - and two very different views of the future of John Wilson Ocean Dr, at St Kilda, in Dunedin.
Dunedin
June 26
AA seeks Ocean Dr trade-off
The New Zealand Automobile Association's Otago district council is again calling for a compromise on John Wilson Ocean Dr, before a crucial meeting today that could decide the road's future use.
Dunedin
June 16
Ocean drive debate revs up
There were impassioned pleas and an angry walk-out as debate over the closure of Dunedin's scenic John Wilson Ocean Dr to motorists showed no signs of dying down yesterday.
Dunedin
June 15
Last-minute lobbying led to council U-turn on drive
Debate over the future of John Wilson Ocean Dr in Dunedin was "skewed" by last-minute lobbying by those opposed to seeing vehicles return to the road, a city councillor says.
Dunedin
June 8
Move to reopen road fails
A last-ditch bid to reopen Dunedin's John Wilson Ocean Dr to vehicles has fallen one vote short, but not before triggering more debate over the road's controversial closure.
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