Dunedin City Council parks officer Renee Gordon said she had been working on a boardwalk plan for the dune area since April last year.
The area had been revegetated "really, really well" over the past four years, and she thought it was important to show the public what dune revegetation should look like.
"It originally came up with the pingao [a grass] doing so well," she said.
The plan involved a loop boardwalk with a viewing platform and informative signs to allow people to "get right in among it".
She hoped the signs would allow people to better understand the environment.
Another of the plan's aims was to make the beach more accessible to less able-bodied people by incorporating a ramp and two beach-friendly wheelchairs, to be administered by the Brighton Surf Life Saving Club.
It was an unusual project in that the council would not wholly fund it, so external support would be required, she said.
The extent of the project would be decided by those funding it.
The Saddle Hill Community Board was enthusiastic about it and member Cr Colin Weatherall believed it had "huge merit".
The board picked up the project and would put it on its community plan, he said.
Cr Weatherall envisaged the Dunedin City Council co-ordinating the project, with additional funding coming from outside parties.
"We need to partner some funding groups, which will help us take this forward."
The next step was to create a small working party at the next board meeting, which would canvass the local area, and further afield, to gauge interest.
"This will need some sort of community focus. I'm very keen to be one of the drivers for it," Cr Weatherall said.
He believed the project would take between two to five years to complete.
"It will be something quite different and quite special."
