A proposed Otago Regional Council contribution to a vision for Otago's public transport for the next 30 years lacks a "clear vision" and acknowledgment of the importance of a large tertiary campus in Dunedin, councillors say.
At its recent meeting, the council was discussing a draft report that would form the basis of its contribution to the regional land transport strategy being developed by the Regional Transport Committee.
The draft was developed from councillors' comments from a workshop and recent committee meeting.
Cr Michael Deaker said there did not seem to be a reference to Dunedin's tertiary area and the council could not afford to ignore such a dominant part of the city.
The University of Otago had aspirations to be car-free and the council needed to keep working with tertiary authorities over these issues, he said.
"We need to acknowledge this is going to be an ongoing issue."
Chairman Stephen Cairns told the meeting the document was supposed to be "aspirational and strategic" but could be a bit "idealistic" in places.
Cr Bryan Scott said he struggled to get a clear vision from the 30-page draft and noted it gave "the power away", as it did not prioritise and state clearly in one page what the council wanted to see.
Resource policy director Fraser McRae said the draft was just laying out the background, the "thinking" behind the council's hopes.
Cr Stephen Woodhead said the council's thoughts and information would be gathered by the transport committee, along with those of other territorial local authorities and the New Zealand Transport Agency, to develop the basis of the strategy.
The regional council would be asked to approve the strategy document, he said.
The council endorsed the draft, with changes made from the latest discussion.
