Motoring

Illegal cars taken off streets

The New Zealand Transport Agency and police are clamping down on cars with illegal modifications - ordering them off the streets as a part of Operation Vision... Read More

Permanent fix for Tauriko slip

The New Zealand Transport Agency is expecting permanent repairs to the slip site under State Highway 29 at Tauriko are going to take about nine weeks to complete.... Read More

Link will reduce SH2 crashes

Western Bay of Plenty police are praising the early construction start time of the Tauranga Eastern Link, saying it will reduce the number of road crashes along... Read More

Sun takes its toll

Sun strike is believed to be a factor in an early Friday morning crash on Cambridge Road. A woman driving towards the city crashed into the rear of a landscaper's... Read More

EBOP backs tolling

Environment BOP is in support of the government's decision to toll the Tauranga Eastern link project that will enable traffic to bypass Te Puke when travelling... Read More

Tony's all for a toll

Bay of Plenty MP Tony Ryall says using a toll to fast track the Tauranga Eastern Link project is in the best interests of the region's economy. Transport Minister... Read More

Early start for Eastern Link

Construction on the four lane Tauranga Eastern Link is expected to begin in early 2011.The early start was announced in Tauranga on Thursday morning by Transport... Read More

Billboards get talking

The New Zealand Transport Agency has created new road safety billboards for State Highway 2 based on the findings of a survey of crash statistics on Western Bay... Read More

Teen crash stats worry police

Ten days, three major road smashes, two dead and 21 others injured - figures that have police increasingly concerned as all these incidents involve Bay of Plenty... Read More

Police defend truck drivers

Western Bay of Plenty police are questioning statistics that reveal trucks were involved in 15 per cent of all fatal and serious crashes in the region. The statistics... Read More

Car collides with truck

A car collided with a truck at the intersection of Chapel Street and Cameron Road in central Tauranga at about 11am on Friday. Senior sergeant Ian Campion says the... Read More

Bay road toll lowest in years

Bay of Plenty police say the current road toll in the region is the lowest in years. Between 1 January 2010 and 18 July 31 road fatalities were recorded in the... Read More