Eight people are due to make presentations, including representatives of Ritchies Transport and Go Bus Transport about a raft of proposed changes to Dunedin bus stops and parking.
The Albany St Connection project — featuring a separated cycleway in Albany St — aims to provide a key walking and cycling link between the harbour shared path and Dunedin’s tertiary education area and central business district.
It is proposed there will be four new bus stops in the tertiary precinct.
A series of changes to bus stops is proposed for Princes St, resulting in longer stop areas, but fewer of them.
"The removal and consolidation of some stops will help with traffic flow by reducing the number of times the bus merges with traffic on a busy road," a report for the hearing said.
Redevelopment of George St resulted in an extra park in the Farmers block, but the Knox block, where an upgrade is almost complete, is set to lose more than a dozen.
A few parks have been added in side streets to offset the reduction in the Knox block, making it a proposed net loss in the area of 12.
When the Albany St Connection was discussed last year, the number of parks lost from the area was proposed to be about 25, but it was now 36 in the hearings committee’s report.
Converting part of Leith St from two-way traffic to one-way, creating more room for angled parks, was dropped amid some concern about safety for cyclists.
More angled parking might yet be added in Clyde St.
That was among the ideas in a second round of targeted consultation about the Albany St project and feedback is being considered after consultation closed on June 26.
In High and MacLaggan Sts, proposed changes would result in fewer four-hour paid parking spots and more with one-hour and two-hour limits.
"These changes arise from the closure of the centre city Warehouse and a request from a local business for shorter-term parking restrictions," the hearing’s committee report said.
Two of the largest proposed changes to parking were well away from the city centre.
About 150m of broken yellow lines are proposed to be added in Newington Ave, Highgate, after residents raised concerns about unsafe parking in the street.
About 90m of broken yellow lines are proposed to be added in Gladstone Rd, Dalmore.
Residents had raised concerns about unsafe parking there, and parking on the street had also made rubbish collection problematic, the report said.
Several parking changes have also been proposed for Portobello after the installation of a new roundabout and intersection adjustments as part of the Peninsula Connection road safety and widening project.
"These changes will be monitored and further changes may be made in the future if community feedback is received."
