Starting from 6am on Sunday April 14, roads in the Tauranga area will be closed due to the Pay What You Want Tauranga Half Marathon.

In a statement from the Tauranga City Council, the roads will be closed from 6am until 12pm on Sunday.

Those roads are:

Tilby Drive – from Waratah Street to the Fergusson Park entry.

Bureta Road – from Ngatai Road to Harbour Drive.

Kulim Avenue.

Harbour Drive.

Beach Road.

Maxwells Road – from Chapel Street to Harbour Drive.

The council also says there will be intermittent lane closures for 10-15 minute intervals from 6.30am to 10am. Those will be in place on:

Waratah Street – from Tilby Drive to Ranui Street (eastbound lane).

Ranui Street – from Waratah Street to Levers Road (southbound lane).

Woods Avenue - from Waratah Street to Beach Road (both lanes).

Otumoetai Road – from Levers Road to Beach Road (both lanes).

Resident access will be maintained throughout the event.

There will be parking restrictions in place from 1am to 11am along:

Waratah Street.

Ranui Street.

Levers Road – from Ranui Street to Otumoetai Road (one side, closed to Pah Street).

Otumoetai Road – from Levers Road to Ngatai Road (one side, closest to Cooneys Drive).

Ngatai Road – from Otumoetai Road to Maxwells Road (one side, on the BP side of the road).

Maxwells Road – from Ngatai Road to Chapel Street.