An allegation of complaints about quad bike riders' behaviour in Papamoa east being covered up have been levelled at Tauranga City councillors this week.

Acting on behalf of Karewa Parade residents, lawyer Vanessa Hamm says her clients have seen the complaints log but their complaints about the quad bikes have not appeared.

Residents want quad bikes banned from the access. Photo: Google Maps

'Including a neighbour's complaints about their two year old grandson who was knocked down,” says Vanessa.

Speaking in the public forum at Monday's Strategy and Policy Committee meeting, Vanessa says complaints about the quad bike riders lodged at council's front desk were also missing from the log.

She explains in 2011 there were 110 registered quad bike users able to use the beach access at Karewa Parade - there are now 280.

The bollards at the top of the access have also been removed, allowing a greater range of vehicles to access the beach as well as allowing quad bikes to access it in tandem, she says.

'I understand further works are planned for later this year, further works to upgrade that access and I question that in light of the pending review, whether that happens in 2016 or 2017,” says Vanessa.

Resident's concerns include up to 40 bikes using the access in an evening to go fishing along the beach. The Karewa Parade access is the closest beach access to the western side of Ford's Cut on the Kaituna.

The riders are intimidating residents, lose control on the steep access and exhaust fumes are polluting the local air, she says.

The residents are looking forward to the looming Beaches Bylaw review where the Karewa Parade residents want the quad bikes either banned completely, or banished to the Taylors Reserve at the western end of Karewa Parade.

The review was original set for 2017.

'Certainly if council were to accept the recommendation to bring the review forward that would go a long way to allaying my clients concerns that nothing is being done in the meantime.”

Dogs are also a concern, defecating on the dunes and the beach before being taken for a ride on the quad bike.

'Just on that too my clients agree with the recommendation before you to also bring forward the dog control bylaw and review that with the beaches bylaw, given that many of the issues go hand in hand.”

The committee voted unanimously to bring the reviews forward to 2016.