Despite "considerable safety issues" for pedestrians on Brighton Rd, a lack of funding means the construction of a footpath and roading improvements will not take place soon.
The Saddle Hill Community Board reviewed concept plans prepared for the Dunedin City Council's consideration at a meeting last week and urged transportation operations programme engineer Warren Tweedie to push the projects through.
One project involved the construction of a footpath along the south side of Brighton Rd, between Weir St, Green Island, and Friendship Drive, Waldronville, estimated to cost $400,000.
The other was for roading improvements along Brighton Rd between Ocean View and Brighton, to include improved footpath and cycle-way access, bus stops and parking areas and improved access in the vicinity of the Brighton Dairy, estimated to cost $680,000.
Mr Tweedie said the concepts were still being evaluated and there was no funding for them "at the moment".
They would be considered in future capital works programmes and discussed with the New Zealand Transport Agency.
Increased pedestrian use between Green Island and Waldronville had created "considerable safety issues", board member Scott Weatherall said.
He noted the number of accidents involving pedestrians was low, but there had been several "near misses".
"It's a matter of when it's going to happen," he said.
Councillor Colin Weatherall agreed and called for "safety in our communities".
However, he was pleased to have a plan to work towards.
The board accepted the plans as a work in progress.
Both projects were included in the 2009-2010 Community Plan.
The board also heard replacement of the pedestrian bridge which links Main South Rd and Runciman St in Green Island had been delayed by about four weeks and would likely open to the public later this month or early April.
The bridge was closed in October after it was deemed unsafe for use.
The project cost about $130,000 and had been delayed due to the Christmas break, consents taking longer to prepare and minor delays in the tender process, council transportation operations projects engineer Evan Matheson said.
"The DCC acknowledges that many people have been inconvenienced by the closure and has apologised for the delay," he said
