Baypark to Bayfair Link

The Bay Link project will improve safety, access and pedestrian and cycling connections between Baypark and Bayfair.

Bayfair end

• A new flyover will take State Highway 2 traffic over the Bayfair roundabout, separating state highway from local traffic.
• Pedestrians and cyclists have safer and improved connections, with the option to travel through a new underpass under the state highway or cross at street level via a controlled signalised crossing near the Bayfair roundabout.
• The Bayfair roundabout is being upgraded to a larger version with traffic signals to improve safety for road users.

Te Maunga end

• A new interchange bridge will take State Highway 29A over the railway line and the State Highway 2 intersection, removing the need for motorists to cross the railway line and allowing traffic to flow more freely onto the Tauranga Eastern Link.
• Pedestrians and cyclists will have improved connections travelling between Bayfair and Baypark.

Every day, approximately 38,000 vehicles travel along the Baypark to Bayfair Link on State Highway 2 in Mount Maunganui. It’s a busy route with a diverse mix of users. Construction of the project is complex and is taking place within a highly constrained environment, with challenging soil conditions, on a narrow, busy arterial corridor (1.7k in length). Bay Link is one piece of a much bigger picture when it comes to transportation and movement of people and goods throughout the Bay of Plenty.