David Loughrey

Planning for Dunedin's future in the face of climate change and sea level rise could cost the city a significant amount of money.

Elizabeth Dickie will not mince words when she fronts up to the Dunedin City Council today to tell councillors her views on public consultation.

Planning for Dunedin's future in the face of climate change and sea level rise could cost the city a significant amount of money.

George st, Dunedin, has one of the highest crash rates in New Zealand, mainly caused by people entering and exiting car parks, Deputy Mayor Syd Brown said yesterday.

Accepting the eventual inundation of Kettle Park and a "managed retreat'' from properties in the St Kilda area are two of the more controversial methods suggested to deal with the erosion of Dunedin's beaches.

The perceived success of groynes and manuka scrub fences sparked calls for similar structures near St Clair beach to fix Dunedin's beach erosion problem.

The start of a process to change land zoning for the new Dunedin stadium has been delayed after city councillors raised concerns about the "robustness'' of a Carisbrook Stadium Trust report on the issue.

The cost of changing land zoning at the Dunedin stadium site, which could include expensive legal fees, will not be a hidden cost to the Dunedin City Council, deputy mayor Syd Brown said.

The St Clair sea wall's effect on erosion, and support for an artificial reef to help the problem, came through strongly at a hearing yesterday trying to find ways to hold on to Dunedin's sand.

What could prove to be one of the more difficult steps in the progress of Dunedin's Awatea St stadium begins this week, with moves by the Carisbrook Stadium Trust to rezone land at the stadium site.

Dunedin city councillor Dave Cull has used the demise of Fisher and Paykel's manufacturing plant in Mosgiel to launch an attack over the Awatea St stadium, claiming a ‘‘grim'' economic and employment future for the city should spell the end of the project.