The Dunedin City Council’s preliminary concept design for a one-way southbound George St. Image: DCCBig-ticket projects such as the George St redesign should not be a priority for the Dunedin City Council in the wake of Covid-19, city business leaders say. George St retail and hospitality had been "hammered" in the wake of Covid-19 and a lockdown, and options other than a redesign should come first, he said. We are seeing that councils have been receptive to hearing our ideas.’’George St jeweller Brent Weatherall said he was ‘‘disgusted’’ to hear projects such as the George St redesign might go ahead. A petition he started last year against a proposal to make George St one-way had more than 5000 signatures.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 13, 2020 16:37 UTC