Traffic lights are set to be introduced beside the entrance of the new Mosgiel swimming pool, at the intersection of Gordon Rd and Eden St, and this would result in the loss of 24 parking spaces.
The changes would enable a right-turning bay to be created from Gordon Rd into the pool site and provide adjusted sight lines for motorists approaching the intersection.
Warning lights would be needed near the Silver Stream bridge to alert drivers travelling south in Gordon Rd of the intersection ahead.
Construction of the intersection is expected to start in September and the new pool is to open in mid-2023.
The Dunedin City Council’s regulatory subcommittee endorsed the changes in June and they are to go before the full council today.
The Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board last month called for a halt to development of the intersection and some board members have raised concerns about what they describe as insufficient consultation.
The board recommended the city council "put an immediate stop to all procedures and development of the new Mosgiel pool intersection until a public hearing is held as per the Resource Management Act with a full assessment made by the council of the effects of this intersection on the immediate and wider Mosgiel-Taieri community".
Council chief executive Sandy Graham said the resolution was not valid because responsibility for the intersection rested ultimately with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, as the controlling authority for state highways.
Waka Kotahi spokesman Roy Johnson has said the intersection design was developed by the city council.
"The council consulted on the proposed intersection as part of the pool development project before Waka Kotahi approved the final design submitted by council," Mr Johnson said.
The council carried out two letter drops to about 200 residents.
Brian Miller was one board member who doubted the safety of installing traffic lights not far from the Silver Stream bridge.
Mr Miller said consultation had been woefully inadequate.
