7 Oct 2021

Road upgrade for Tauranga sparks debate

From Morning Report, 8:23 am on 7 October 2021

Crucial upgrade or expensive lemon? That's the debate over a shiny new road upgrade now under way for central Tauranga.

Cameron Road will add space for buses and bikes but won't reduce the number of car lanes down from the current four.

The regional council and NZTA have now signed up to it, despite warning the original plan to get more people out of their cars would likely fail.

Phil Pennington reports.