Lyn Dick said she and her husband, Leslie, had lived on the corner of Roberts Dr and Shortcut Rd for 15 years and had seen "major changes" in the area.
Shortcut Rd allowed northbound traffic to turn off State Highway 88 and southbound traffic to turn off State Highway 6, also known as Luggate-Cromwell Rd.
They had seen an increased volume of traffic using Shortcut Rd and some poor driving, including a tourist couple who recently turned the wrong way and ended up on their front garden, she said.
People using global positioning directions on iPhones using Apple Maps were not shown the shortcut, but Google Maps showed it as the route north, she said.
"A large number of rental vehicles or overseas tourists do use this route."
Mayor Tim Cadogan said he wrote to Google asking it to change its Google Maps application directions so it did not use Shortcut Rd.
He had had success about a year ago when he contacted Google to get a shortcut via Conroys Rd in Earnscleugh taken off Google Maps as the preferred route between Queenstown and Dunedin "due to safety issues".
He did not hear back from Google but after a few months the route was changed, he said.
Mr Cadogan checked the Google Maps Dunedin to Wanaka route yesterday and it had changed on his phone and no longer used the Shortcut Rd route, he said.
However, a check by this reporter showed Google Maps still provided directions via Shortcut Rd.
Mr Cadogan said that he would "keep chipping away" to get the route altered.
Cromwell Community Board chairwoman Anna Harrison said Mrs Dick’s concerns as well as those from another member of the public had been passed on to the roading team.
"My understanding is that we are awaiting a response from the roading team."
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