Wellington's mayor believes he has come up with a solution for the controversial Island Bay Cycleway.
Justin Lester has today outlined his "common-sense solution" that will be put to councillors this week.
It would bring the cycleway off the road and onto a dedicated section between the footpath and kerb.
That would allow cars to be able to park up against the kerb again.
The lanes on the road would be widened to three-and-a-half metres in each direction.
Lester said it would cost $4.1 million and would create a safer, separated cycleway.
"This is a common-sense solution that will improve the Parade for everyone," he said.
"The outcome is a safer, separated cycleway, wider lanes on the road, and car parking available for residents and shoppers."
More than 3700 public submissions, and discussions councillors had at the drop-in sessions in Island Bay earlier this year, helped inform the solution, council's Walking, Cycling and Public Transport portfolio leader, councillor Sarah Free said.
"There was a real diversity of opinion from the public - it was clear people weren't anti-cycling but for a lot of people the current design simply wasn't working," Free said.
"People wanted something that was safer, that gave drivers and buses more room to manoeuvre and that protected car parking, especially for local businesses. This solution achieves all of those goals.
"We will also make further safety improvements to reduce the cycling speed on the cycleway, be removing speed humps that were scraping against buses, and restoring angled car parking by the medical centre.
The cost would come from existing council budgets, meaning no new rates money would be needed. A further $2 million will be set aside to reseal the road once the project is completed, and for contingencies.
Deputy Mayor Paul Eagle said the solution would make the Parade much better.
"People in Island Bay absolutely love their suburb, and they're proud of The Parade. This solution sees the beautiful wide lanes restored, and the cycleway off the road. As an Island Bay resident, I'm thrilled.
"This has been a very long saga and it's great we've got something that will work and that finds a good balance for most people. Not everyone will be happy, but I think most people will see we've done the best job possible of coming up with something that works."
The option will be proposed as an amendment at Wednesday's council meeting. If adopted, installation of the new layout will begin in early 2018.
Other changes include a 500mm median strip in the middle of the road in the residential section, the cycleway being painted a different colour to help make it visually distinct, car parks to be restored by dairies, and unmarked car parking to be restored in residential areas.
