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Questions sent to the Central Ward candidates (For those who are also mayoral candidates, see that file)

1.      How do you consider we can improve Dunedin's reputation to make it more walking & cycle friendly for locals and visitors?

2.      In your role as a Councillor/Mayor  would you commit to acting according to the principles in the International Walking Charter which apply equally to cycling

Questions sent to the candidates

1.      How do you consider we can improve Dunedin's reputation to make it more walking & cycle friendly for locals and visitors?

2.      In your role as a Councillor/Mayor  would you commit to acting according to the principles in the International Walking Charter which apply equally to cycling

3.      Do you support opening the Caversham and Chain Hills Tunnels to cyclists and walkers to provide a near flat and safer route between Dunedin and Mosgiel?

For the 2010 local body elections, Spokes Dunedin and Living Streets Dunedin sent a questionnaire on local active transport issues to Mayoral and Council candidates. The following questions were asked:

Q1. How do you consider we can improve Dunedin's reputation to make it more walking & cycle friendly for locals and visitors? (50 word limit)

Here is the text of candidates suvey responses, for those who do not want to download, courtesy of Spokes Dunedin

Living Streets Dunedin have made a number of submissions to the DCC. Some were posted previously, but seem to have been lost in the website shift. In this meantime, here is our latest, on the future of John Wilson Ocean Drive, a Dunedin landmark:

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