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A small section of Waitaha Road will be closed today Saturday, May 13, between 8am and 4pm, for some investigative work ahead of construction of a roundabout at the Welcome Bay Road and Waitaha Road intersection later this year. A detour via James Cook Drive will be in place for traffic accessing Waitaha Road.
All Waitaha Road residents within the Waitaha Road closure between James Cook Drive and Welcome Bay Road will continue to have access to their homes.
Map showing detour for the day. Image: Tauranga City Council.
"Please follow directions from our staff onsite," says a Tauranga City Council spokesperson. One-lane traffic with stop/go traffic management will be in place on Welcome Bay Road. Buses/pedestrians/cyclists The bus stop outside 13 Waitaha Road will be closed, with a temporary bus stop outside 39/41 Waitaha Road.
The bus stop outside Welcome Bay Hall will remain open.
Further information will be available at www.baybus.co.nz, phone Baybus at 0800 BAYBUS (0800 4 229 287) or email support@baybus.zendesk.com. Full pedestrian and cyclist access will remain around the work site via the pedestrian footpath.
"Please follow all signage and any instructions from work staff onsite." This work is planned for a weekend to minimise traffic disruptions, weather permitting.
"We apologise for any inconvenience while these works are completed and thank you for your patience." For more information contact Tauranga City Council directly, phone 07 577 7000 or email Transportation on transport@tauranga.govt.nz.
4 comments
What the?
Posted on 13-05-2023 14:44 | By Shadow1
Does anyone in Welcome Bay want a rotary island there? Has this been kept a secret? It’s a T intersection, not a crossroad. Locals using it are very obliging and let cars in when the traffic is backed up from Turret Road bridge where the true congestion starts. I will never understand Tauranga Council’s engineering department. Are you even aware of this, Commissioners? Shadow1
Seriously?
Posted on 13-05-2023 16:17 | By earlybird
Why on earth do we need a roundabout here? Sounds just as looney as the previous idea to build a bus lane from James Cook Drive towards Kaitemako Road. How much money are council going to waste on this?
Well there ya go..!!
Posted on 13-05-2023 20:39 | By groutby
...if if locals are making what they have work, and something is working acceptably, then there must be intervention to stuff it up completely...then, 'they' can keep their jobs for a bit longer by having to fix the cock up...:)
Have to agreed with By Shadow1
Posted on 13-05-2023 20:40 | By The Caveman
Since when did so called UNI educated "traffic engineers" need to CLOSE a PUBLIC ROAD for 8 hours to work out if they can "FIT" a totally un-necessary "round-about on an intersection !!!!!!!!
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