Government agencies and stakeholders met yesterday in a closed meeting to consider designing a transport network that will work around the new Dunedin Hospital. Yesterday's meeting was organised by the NZTA and the Dunedin City Council, and included the University of Otago, Otago Regional Council, Port Otago and the Chamber of Commerce. Under the new government policy statement, the NZTA had to ''seriously look at mode neutral planning, which means having walking, cycling, public transport and cars all on equal footing''. City council chief executive Sue Bidrose said for the council the hospital was the catalyst for the work in terms of timing, but not the cause. Southern Partnership Group chairman Pete Hodgson said there was a strong desire for safe and logical connections between the city and the hospital.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 06, 2018 17:00 UTC