Introduction

Have your say

Do you support the Tauranga Eastern Link being a toll road so construction can start next year?

This consultation is about the Tauranga Eastern Link project and the proposal to bring forward its construction by tolling a section of it.

The Eastern Link will be a four-lane motorway from Te Maunga to Paengaroa – without travelling through Te Puke. It comprises two sections – an upgrade of the existing State Highway 2 between Te Maunga and Domain Road at Papamoa and a new motorway from Domain Road to Paengaroa.

Maps

Google fly-over

Note: The Zip file (above right) contains a KMZ file, which requires that you have Google Earth installed on your computer. You will need to open the file from within Google Earth, which means you need to right-click the link and save the Zip file to your computer, extract the KMZ file, then start Google Earth and open it.

Tolling the Eastern Link will mean it can go ahead as early as 2010.

The Land Transport Management Act provides for alternative funding, including tolling of new roads, subject to approval by an Order in Council on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport.

In considering whether to recommend to the Governor General that an Order in Council be made, the Minister has to be satisfied that a feasible untolled alternative route is available and that tolling the road will contribute to the purposes of the LTMA by:

• Assisting economic development.
• Assisting safety and personal security.
• Improving access and mobility.
• Protecting and promoting public health.
• Ensuring environmental sustainability.

The process requires that account has been taken of a range of strategies, options and alternatives, and that comprehensive consultation with a wide range of parties has taken place.

Now is the time to have your say.

Tauranga Eastern Link tolling consultation

The Eastern Link is a very important project for the Bay of Plenty and will bring key benefits to the region.

As a road of national significance it is a key piece of infrastructure that will improve connections between the Bay of Plenty, Tauranga and its port. It will reduce transport costs and help improve New Zealand's economy.

Throughout this website you will find information on the project itself and the tolling proposal. The decision to grant consent to toll a road needs to go through public consultation, public hearings, NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) board deliberations, a Ministerial review, a recommendation to cabinet and then a recommendation to the Governor General.

We encourage you to carefully consider this proposal and have your say through written submissions and at a hearing. Your views will be important in determining whether to move forward with the toll proposal.

 

Last updated: 18 November 2009

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