Mounted on a power pole between Waverley resident Mair Lazenby’s driveway and her neighbour’s is the bus-stop sign and timetable for the 144 Belford St stop, on the Waverley to Belleknowes route.
Mrs Lazenby said she was concerned about passengers, particularly children, waiting in the driveways for the bus.
"They're going to kill a kid one day."
Cars were often parked on both sides of the road and she was concerned passengers would have to step into the road to hail a bus.
"It's causing anxiety among all these neighbours."
The bus stop had previously sat near the intersection of Belford and Dunrobin Sts, but was moved in the mid-1990s, she said.
Since then, Mrs Lazenby said she had asked the Otago Regional Council and Dunedin City Council several times for the stop to be moved back.
She believed the present bus stop was illegal.
ORC transport manager Lorraine Cheyne disagreed.
"If the road layout or other factors change such that there is an impact on the legality of bus-stop location, we will usually be consulted as part of those changes, and will adjust the stop location accordingly.
"The stop is a ‘pick-up, drop-off’ location, meaning that buses do not stop at this location unless there are passengers waiting, or requesting to be dropped off."
On average, three people used the stop daily, Ms Cheyne said.
When considering a bus stop’s location, the council considered efficient spacing between stops, topography, accessibility, safe access as well as safe bus bay areas.
