Access to Mangatawa Lane from State Highway 2, just east of Te Maunga roundabout at Mount Maunganui, is permanently closed.
Access to Mangatawa is now via the newly-extended Truman Lane from the Te Maunga roundabout.
NZ Transport Agency Tauranga Eastern Link principal project manager Andrew Scott says the westbound lane of traffic on State Highway 2 has been moved onto the road shoulder while the traffic island from the old Mangatawa intersection is removed. This should be completed by the end of the week.
Andrew says the closure of the Mangatawa Lane highway access is part of the Truman Lane extension project; one of six support projects for the Tauranga Eastern Link.
'It's an important step to prepare for the future widening of State Highway 2 from Te Maunga to Domain Road and provides a safer driving environment for local residents because they no longer have to contend with state highway traffic to access their homes.”
Construction is now underway on the $455M four-lane Tauranga Eastern Link. It will run from Te Maunga (near Baypark Stadium) in Tauranga to the existing junction of state highways 2 and 33 (the Rotorua and Whakatane highways) near Paengaroa. It will be made up of 17km of new road and an upgrade of 6km of existing highway.
3 comments
EASTERN ARTERIAL NONSENSE
Posted on 12-01-2011 08:02 | By Ratcatcher
A totally unnecessary project beyond 4 laning SH2 from TE MAUNGA to PAPAMOA.In the short term closure of Maungatawa Lane simply puts more pressure on the Stadium roundabout.Typical NZTA cockup
TCC
Posted on 12-01-2011 12:08 | By maggiebop
Ratcatcher, someone else has said it before but you really need to stop picking! You don't put up your own credentials for what you say. Opinion is fine but be constructive
BOPHEAD
Posted on 12-01-2011 12:56 | By Ratcatcher
Same comments made under 'More speed zones'are applicable.If you can't add to the argument keep out of it because clearly you don't have a clue what it is all about
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