The Tauranga City Council is proposing to stage a series of improvements and road-widening along 15th Avenue that will eventually create space for more people to bus, carpool and bike.
Transportation manager Martin Parkes says the first stage of work is expected to start later this year.
'We'll be adding a new traffic lane between Fraser Street and Grace Road to give the 15th Avenue and Fraser intersection a better chance to clear in the afternoons,” says Martin.
The bulk of the work is scheduled for 2021, after the NZ Transport Agency's Baypark to Bayfair Link project is finished.
'Any major work we do along 15th Avenue or Turret Road needs to be timed carefully so it doesn't clash with the Bay Link project.
'We saw how widespread the delays got when people parked their cars along Turret Road to watch the dolphins a few weeks ago.
'Having two major construction projects underway at the same time along two major transport routes will create much more disruption than people are seeing now.”
A video and concept plans are available at www.tauranga.govt.nz/15thavenue along with an online form for people to give their feedback.
Tauranga City Council will host information sessions for the community throughout this month.
People who live, work, go to school and travel through the Avenues are invited to learn more about the plans for 15th Avenue.
Community information ‘drop in' session details:
Wednesday, June 6 from 4pm- 6pm at Tauranga Special School, Kaka Street
Saturday, June 16 from 12pm-2pm at Tauranga Central Baptist Church, Corner 13th Avenue and Cameron Road (plenty of parking available around the back)
Thursday, June 21 from 10am-12pm at Blind Foundation, 160 Seventeenth Avenue – parking available.
Council staff will also be stationed at Pak ‘n Save Cameron Road and the Fraser Cove shopping centre during selected lunch hours through June.
5 comments
Dreamers
Posted on 02-06-2018 11:50 | By maildrop
So no improvement at all for 95% of road users. Awesome for Mrs Perkins popping into town on the bus to get some bits and bobs.
Fairy tales
Posted on 02-06-2018 14:04 | By rastus
Its no wonder Tauranga council never seems to get on top of infrastructure problems - Don't take my word for it - please watch the video and I am sure you will agree that it is no more than a fairy tale obviously dreamt up by a young idealistic greenie who cannot see past their proposed cause of the problem - Its actually pretty simple and the council had a full plan for the widening of 15th Ave/Turret Rd and bridge some 20+ years ago - now with the introduction of the new greenie element we are politely told to forget about our cars and the sensible 20 plus years ago plan - talk about going backwards.
Martin
Posted on 02-06-2018 17:12 | By Capt_Kaveman
was there at council when the current 15th ave joke was put in place which was a waste of time, yet he is still here to attempt to do i bit more but not do it properly
According to the statements by Martin Parkes
Posted on 02-06-2018 21:48 | By The Caveman
The Council proposes to move the "traffic jam" from the Fraser St / 15th Ave intersection, about 750 meters down 15th Ave. TWO lanes into ONE does not do/go - no matter what SPIN you put on the lies. And as for the TOTAL CRAP about when the Baypark to Bayfair Link project is finished - 95% of the drivers using 15th Ave at 3/4/5/6 pm in the afternoon have NO intention of going anywhere near the Baypark to Bayfair link. 95% are just trying to get HOME to Welcome Bay and its associated suburbs.
Greerton Stuffup
Posted on 03-06-2018 13:10 | By reactn2u
Better luck than the Greerton stuffup! Why on earth is it a 1 lane for? Don't the Council realise by now that Tauranga is growing? I cannot believe how dumb they are wasting all that money and nothing has changed/ Hope 15th Ave have better luck!
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