Construction continues along Cameron Road, one of Tauranga's main arterial routes connecting people in Tauranga's southern suburbs to the city centre.
This work will go on during October and November, with several construction sites along the road.
"Please take care driving through construction zones and be kind to the Cameron Road Joint Venture construction team as they go about their work," says a Tauranga City Council spokesperson.
"If you need help, they are happy to assist you to find your way through the site. If you're coming into the city, make sure you check the current road closures on the Tauranga City Council website, so you can navigate easily through the city centre."
The team have completed the resurfacing of road between Elizabeth Street and Wharf Street.
The cycle separators in this section are planned to be installed from early November.
The team is also working between Elizabeth Street and Third Avenue on the eastern side of Cameron Road, upgrading the stormwater network and footpath.
From 6pm to 6am on Sunday October 30, the team is planning to install temporary traffic management, from Third Avenue to Fourth Avenue in preparation to continue upgrading the stormwater network and footpath on the eastern side of Cameron Road.
Temporary traffic management is in place, with a southbound left lane closure between Elizabeth Street and Third Avenue.
The Second Avenue intersection is closed with no access to or from Cameron Road while the team is working on the corner islands and footpath in this section.
Access to Second Avenue will be maintained through Devonport Road and First Avenue.
"We expect this work to take up to five weeks and is weather dependent," says a council spokesperson.
The stormwater and footpath upgrade work is underway on the western side of Cameron Road, from Elizabeth Street to Second Avenue.
Temporary traffic management is in place with a northbound left lane closure, with no right turn into Cameron Road from Second Avenue. First Avenue is left in only.
A detour is in place from First Avenue, along Westbay Lane, into Second Avenue to exit onto Cameron Road. Second Avenue is reduced to one lane and temporary traffic lights are installed at Second Avenue to control traffic flow.
The wastewater upgrade is complete between Third Avenue and Sixth Avenue. The wastewater connections down Fifth Avenue, Arundel Street and Fourth Avenue will start in the coming weeks. This work will be completed as weekend work.
The team will start at Fourth Avenue and work southbound towards Fifth Avenue. Temporary traffic management will be in place.
Work on the eastern side of Cameron Road between Sixth Avenue and Fifteenth Avenue is progressing well. The team has returned to work between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue on the western side of Cameron Road preparing to lay the pavers.
Temporary traffic management is in place with a southbound left lane closure in this section.
The team continues upgrading the stormwater and streetscape between Eleventh Avenue and Twelfth Avenue, on the eastern side of Cameron Road. Vehicle traffic is reduced to one lane on the eastern side in the areas where work is taking place.
The western side of Cameron Road is reduced to one lane from Fifteenth Avenue to Eleventh Avenue as the team complete the stormwater and streetscape upgrade through this section.
The work site on the western side of Cameron Road from Fifteenth Avenue has extended to Twelfth Avenue, as the team continue to upgrade the stormwater system, shared path and driveways in this section.
Intersection work:
Fourteenth Avenue/Cameron Road (west): closed while the team work in this area.
Twelfth Avenue: the centre median is permanently closed to through traffic.
Please note, above works are weather dependent.
Visit the Tauranga City Council website for more information.

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8 comments
Great!!
Posted on 24-10-2022 07:32 | By Shadow1
Merry Christmas CBD retailers, the only people coming to town are road workers. Shadow1
NZs slowest roadworks
Posted on 24-10-2022 09:55 | By First Responder
1st prize for having more safety management than workers. Every time I drive buy, there's more guys standing around watching, than working. There's no reason the whole project couldn't have been completely finished in 12 months
Hmmm
Posted on 24-10-2022 11:41 | By Let's get real
It would be interesting to know how big the decline in bookings will be for staff Christmas functions on the Strand this year and into the future...? Good news for satellite centres and catering companies I would imagine and troubling for the organisers to get a booking if they leave it too late.
Poor businesses
Posted on 24-10-2022 13:21 | By Kancho
So it continues until the whole of Cameron road will be an extension of stop ,crawl of Greerton. The project at Greerton went way over time and budget too. So good luck to city businesses that still remain and for those whose leases come up for renewal
Yesterday evening...
Posted on 24-10-2022 15:39 | By morepork
...we had a medical emergency when my elderly neighbour cut herself severely in the leg when a wheelbarrow fell on her. It was a very nasty cut and, after sterilizing and binding it up, it was pretty obvious we would need to go to 2nd Avenue to get it seen to properly. She was a bit too shocked to drive herself so I did it. It involved going down Cameron Road and turning right into 2nd Avenue. Except that you can't do that. So try 1st Ave... There is a bewildering plethora of raised gutterings with absolutely no indication of how you find your way through them, and when it is after hours, there are no staff to ask... I had to repeat the performance in the dark a few hours later when I went to collect her. The overall experience is "Cameron Road: best avoided"...
Big picture
Posted on 25-10-2022 10:38 | By Wundrin
It's all part of a strategy of making transport by car nigh-on impossible, aimed at forcing you to go by bus, cycle or foot in you want to enter the central city (called "multi-modal", if I remember correctly). Of course, there is another option, and that is to stay away...
@Wundrin
Posted on 25-10-2022 18:14 | By Kancho
Yep I agree it's the misguided dogma of the greens and Labour who pull the strings by the funding for NZ Transport. The funding started at 48 million but now 60 plus million but obviously strings attached to fit the green agenda . Never mind reality of how we live. Just don't bother ever going to the city but that is of course what is what they want.
Irony
Posted on 25-10-2022 19:08 | By Kancho
Is that Cameron road will have idling vehicles it entire length most of the day and rush jammed up. So walking and bike riders will need to wear masks . Will be so non green lol
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