Bay of Plenty Regional Council is accepting submissions on its proposed regional land transport strategy (2011-2041).
The strategy takes a long-term view of the issues facing the region's transport system and sets a direction for the next 30 years.
It will influence how the region's transport funding is used and provides direction to the regional, city and district councils and the NZ Transport Agency.
The council's regional transport committee chair, Jane Nees, says the committee is keen to hear if the proposed strategy aligns with what people think the direction for transport planning and investment in the region should be.
'This strategy has a very strong and on-going focus on economic growth and the productivity of the national and regional economy, and one of the key challenges highlighted in it is to improve access to the Port of Tauranga,” says Jane.
'For the Eastern Bay of Plenty, the strategy looks at improving route security because natural hazards in the area can have major impacts on peoples' lives and the productive sectors.
'Underpinning the strategy is the need for environmental sustainability and ensuring our transport investments represent value for money.”
Improving the region's road safety record is another concern addressed in the proposed strategy.
Taking its lead from the national Safer Journeys document, it focuses on implementing the national approach, while targeting major road safety risk factors in the Bay of Plenty.
The proposed strategy can be viewed at www.boprc.govt.nz or acquired by calling 0800 884 880, or by emailing [email protected] and requesting a copy.
Submissions close at 4pm on Friday, July 1.
4 comments
forget about trucks
Posted on 01-06-2011 16:07 | By mr joyce
lets hope the strategy delivers more walking, cycling and public transport. if our city is to grow, and not sprawl, thats what we need. when will elected officials realise that the more roads we build, the more and more land we have to allocate to car parking thereby making Tauranga more and more dispersed - this will lead to a declining of the CBD. Anyway, good on you EBOP, you certainly seem to be doing smarter stuff than the City Council. They are reducing the cost of car parking which goes against every transport strategy they have produced. whats the point in writing these strategies at great cost if councillors just do what they want?
Transported by growth
Posted on 02-06-2011 06:36 | By IanM
I struggle to understand how a half billion dollar road built on swampland in the tsunami zone is either environmentally sustainable or improves route security from hazards. While I feel for Te Puke (with a state highway down the main street), and understand that a saving of 12 km per trip has economic implications, I cannot imagine that those benefits outweight the enormous environmental and economic costs we are loading onto our mokopuna. There are (or at least were) cheaper options: 1) Move one side of Te Puke across the road (into the park area that they want to develop anyway); 2) Use rail more for heavy transport; 3) understand that as cars become more electrified, the fuel savings of the reduced mileage become less significant; 4) check out Route K in order to determine whether or not people will use a toll road.
Windowdressing & Lipservice only
Posted on 02-06-2011 09:18 | By EYESPY
History shows that whatever roading options are chosen will be wrong.Public submissions are a complete waste of time as they will be binned and ignored.Outcomes are always predetermined.
Endless repetitive jargon
Posted on 02-06-2011 09:29 | By al pillocksworth
I think that the Regional Council strategies will lead to the printing of loads of paper and surprisingly, the discovery that more strategies are needed. This will be a joy for consultants and planners. To your first poster "mr joyce", fancy councillors doing what they want. Do you have a problem with councillors not doing everything the bureaucrats tell them? To "IanM", I wonder how any road would ever have been built in the first place if it had to avoid swampland, a tsunami zone or anywhere on earth for that matter.
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