The recent decision of the DCC to stop the Albany Street cycleway by the narrowest of margins (casting vote by the Mayor) has certainly not been popular.
At SPOKES Dunedin, we full-heartedly agree that Albany Street is in desperate need of an uplift due to the high pedestrian traffic, connections to the existing cycleways, proximity to the University, and plenty of alternatives for higher speed traffic. Additionally, there has been a large amount of quality planning work done to get the project to where it is/was.
While we do wonder if a quiet street might be an even better way of meeting the needs of the community, the cycleway as planned would be a vast improvement on many fronts, and give something solid to build upon.
Here are some thoughts of some of the current councillors about it:
We’ll invite the other current councillors to share their views on Albany Street this week, and will share these here.