Motorists are being urged to check road closures around Tauranga and Mount Maunganui this summer.

A partial road closure of Truman Lane for Bay Dreams means Te Maunga Transfer Station will not be accessible from the Baypark roundabout end of Truman Lane on Wednesday, January 2 2019.

All access will instead be via the Sandhurst Interchange due to road closures associated with the Bay Dreams festival at Baypark.

'As this route diversion and event traffic may cause delays, residents are advised to postpone their visit to Te Maunga Transfer Station until Thursday 3 January, or later, if at all possible,” says Tauranga City Council.

Motorists are asked to follow all signs and directions of traffic management staff.

If you wish to avoid the risk of delays please consider the following:

• Use Te Maunga on January 3 when the road closures are removed.
• Use Te Maunga on the morning of the 2nd as traffic delays are expected to increase in the afternoon.

Presented by Audiology and Pato Entertainment, Bay Dreams is a multi-genre musical festival that will have you dancing the New Year in with style at Mount Maunganui's Trustpower Baypark Stadium on January 2.

The festival, which sold out in September with 30,000 tickets, will feature Cardi B Shapeshifter, Tash Sultana, Sticky Fingers, Peking Duk, $uicideboy$, Macky Gee, Pnau, Katchafire, and many other acts.

Bay Dreams will have a large-scale bus operation to transport people to and from the festival. The festival buses will run regularly from four convenient locations in the Tauranga CBD, Mount Maunganui, Papamoa and Windermere. Free parking will also be available at Mount Maunganui, Papamoa and Windermere.

Ticket holders can log into their Ticket Fairy account before the festival and purchase a ticket for $10. Road closures will also be in place around Trustpower Baypark Stadium.

No parking is allowed on the roads surrounding the venue. Parking restrictions will be monitored and enforced by our traffic management and security teams, and have been approved by NZTA and NZ Police.