23 Feb 2022

Crossroads: What to do with Dunedin's one-way street system

From Nine To Noon, 9:10 am on 23 February 2022

The new hospital being built on the former site of Dunedin's Cadbury factory has resurrected the thorny issue of what to do with the city's one-way street system.

The new hospital site is currently sandwiched between two parts of State Highway 1 - one going north, the other going south.

Last November Waka Kotahi's board endorsed a plan that would retain the one-way system - albeit with some changes.

However a month later the city council - by a slim majority - backed an alternative programme that would turn the streets two-way.

Waka Kotahi says discussions are ongoing, and Transport Minister Michael Wood will likely hear both proposals when he visits the city in April. Kathryn hears from  two Dunedin City Councillors, Jules Radich and Jim O'Malley, with their views on what should happen.

 

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Photo: Otago Daily Times

 

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Photo: Otago Daily Times