Otago Daily Times

Work begins to reconfigur­e unsafe intersecti­on

- By CHRIS MORRIS

WORK to fix a problemati­c South Dunedin intersecti­on is finally under way after a string of highprofil­e crashes.

Dunedin City Council transport group manager Richard Saunders said in a statement yesterday preliminar­y surveying and marking work had begun this week at the intersecti­on of Market and Tedder Sts.

More extensive work to change the traffic priority at the intersecti­on back in favour of the busier Market St would begin on Monday.

The work, which was expected to take one month and cost $63,500, followed a series of crashes at the intersecti­on in the past year.

The giveway rules at the intersecti­on were changed last year to accommodat­e the rollout of the South Dunedin cycle network.

Before the change, vehicles on Market St had right of way over those on Tedder St, but a year on from the change, motorists were still driving straight through, residents said.

The most recent collision, on March 10, left two mangled cars blocking the intersecti­on until towed away. Both drivers escaped injury, but neighbours, including Wayne White, feared a fatality before the problem was fixed.

‘‘Someone will soon,’’ he said.

Mr Saunders said work to reconfigur­e the intersecti­on would see Tedder St closed to through traffic temporaril­y between Queens Dr and New St.

Residents would still have access but would not be able to cross Market St, which would be reduced to a single lane through the intersecti­on, he said.

The intersecti­on would also be controlled by temporary traffic lights while the work was carried out.

chris.morris@odt.co.nz

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 ?? PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH ?? Crash spot . . . The Dunedin City Council says work has begun to fix the problemati­c Market/Tedder Sts intersecti­on in South Dunedin.
PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Crash spot . . . The Dunedin City Council says work has begun to fix the problemati­c Market/Tedder Sts intersecti­on in South Dunedin.

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