A Hobart business group unhappy with a trial of bike lanes in the city centre says it will seek to force a poll of all city residents over the matter.

The planning process for a new 1.3-million-hectare marine park off WA's coast has been divisive, angering fishers but exciting supporters with the prospect of new tourism and job opportunities.

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