As a result of community feedback, Commissioners decided to defer the introduction of the bus lanes. The implementation plan for the bus lanes was considered by the new Council in August 2024 and a decision made to engage further with the community. This is expected to happen in early 2025. In the meantime, there are some vertical orange poles (hit sticks) in sections of Cameron Road in the bus lanes. These will remain in place until the bus lanes are officially in use.
The bus lanes are one of the ways the Building our future - Cameron Road, Te Papa project will help address Tauranga’s growth, revitalise a key part of our city, and provide more transport options so people don’t have to be so car dependent, all things the community has said they would like.
New bus stops
New permanent bus stops are in place along Cameron Road. These include:
Eastern side
- There is a new permanent bus stop just before Third Avenue, outside 306 Cameron Road.
- There is a new permanent bus stop between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue outside Tauranga Primary School.
- There is a new permanent bus stop between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue outside 398 Cameron Road (Chadwick Healthcare South City).
- There is a new permanent bus stop between Ninth Avenue and Tenth Avenue (Pak'n'Save).
- There is a new permanent bus stop between Eleventh Avenue and Twelfth Avenue (Blooms on Cameron).
- There is a new permanent bus stop between Thirteenth Avenue and Fifteenth Avenue (Tauranga Boys' College).
- There is a new permanent bus stop between Fifteenth Avenue and Sixteenth Avenue (KM Law).
- There is a new permanent bus stop between Sixteenth Avenue and 17th Avenue, which is installed but will not be opened until the shelter is complete.
Western side
- There is a new permanent bus stop just past the SH2 intersection outside 727 Cameron Road.
- There is a new permanent bus stop between Fourteenth Avenue and Thirteenth Avenue (Harvey Norman).
- There is a new permanent bus stop between Twelfth Avenue and Eleventh Avenue outside 573 Cameron Road (Westpac).
- There is a new permanent bus stop between Tenth Avenue and Ninth Avenue (The Warehouse).
- There is a new permanent bus stop between Eighth Avenue and Seventh Avenue outside 399 Cameron Road (Warehouse Stationery).
- There is a new permanent bus stop between Fifth Avenue and Fourth Avenue outside 375 Cameron Road (Salvation Army).
- There is a new permanent bus stop between Third Avenue and Second Avenue at 301 Cameron Rd (Raine and Horne Real Estate).