PHOTO: SANDY EGGLESTONFollowing public backlash, the Gore District Council will confer with the NZ Transport Agency about cutting short some of its Streets Alive trial changes. The three-month trial changes aim to make the Southland town's streetscape safer and more people-oriented. The motion was carried at a council meeting yesterday in which the results of a public survey were presented and a public petition was received. The council’s ‘‘pocket parks’’, which blocked or partially blocked five streets, were unpopular. Far from making Gore’s streets safer, the changes posed a danger to traffic, cyclists and children, he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 11, 2021 21:40 UTC