The action plan involves more than $2 billion in upgrades to the city centre.
The future of public transport in Tauranga’s CBD has been put under the microscope by city leaders.
The details of where and how the city bus routes will run was the main issue on the table at a Public Transport Committee meeting yesterday.
Tauranga City Council’s “milestone” City Centre Action Plan was approved last week.
The action plan involves more than $2 billion in upgrades to the city centre with combined council, government, and private investment, including a new courthouse and an extended waterfront park and events space.
The plan’s “priority actions” for public transport include the creation of a bus route through the city centre that “is easily identifiable and accessible by users” and a permanent bus facility.
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The accepted route was referred to as “Option B”, which travels down Cameron Rd, turns right at Elizabeth St towards Durham St, right at Hamilton St onto The Strand. A permanent transport hub would be located at Dive Cres.
The committee was presented a report on the development of the public transport route as part of the approved City Action Plan.
The city council’s team leader of transport strategy and planning Alistair Talbot said the report showed how it identified the preferred long-term city centre bus route.
Talbot said there had been four route options presented at…