PHOTO: MARTIN DE RUYTER/STUFFThe former car yard at the corner of Muritai St and Parkers Rd, Tahunanui, where a petrol station has been granted resource consent.
Residents in a Nelson suburb are accusing the city council of hypocrisy over plans for a new petrol station.
Locals in Tahunanui say allowing the gas station, on a road where a cycleway is about to be introduced for safety and environmental reasons, will only increase hazards and pollution.
Nelson City Council has granted resource consent for the NPD petrol station in the seaside suburb, on the site of a former car yard on the corner of Parkers Rd and Muritai St.
A two-direction cycleway is due to be introduced early next year on one side of Muritai St, opposite the site, on which a primary school, kindergarten and community centre sit.
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