Mosgiel's McGlashan St is a street of two halves - which is confusing Google Maps and plenty of potential customers of businesses based there.
Now, the Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board wants to rename one half of McGlashan St, bringing to an end 50 years of issues over the roadway.
Things were simple in 1967: one end of McGlashan St was called Gillies St, while McGlashan was a clearly defined street in its own right.
Then McGlashan St was extended and looped around to join up with Gillies St - which was renamed McGlashan St.
But the land between the two ends of McGlashan St was privately owned and that led to issues - in the 1990s a row developed between a local garage and then owners the Presbyterian Church about use of that section of the road and led to threats of barricades being erected.
In the end, that section of road, which was unsealed, was allowed to further degrade, and today the land is scrub and grass.
But the two ends of McGlashan St remain as a legacy - and a confusing one at that.
Collision City panelbeaters sits at one end of McGlashan St, while another panel beating firm is at the other end of it.
Community Board member Dean McAlwee said Collision City had approached him as it believed it was losing business to the other firm.
Google Maps was also confused by the dual McGlashan Sts, he said.
''This hasn't just happened once or twice: it's an ongoing problem ...
''Now we are going to contact the other landowners on the street and see if we can come to some agreement on a new name.''
Locals will now be consulted about a name change, with options taken from the Dunedin City Council register of pre-approved street names.
''It would be easier for everyone if it were tidied up,'' Mr McAlwee said.
