Tauranga City Council is a member of the Tauranga and Western Bay Joint Road Safety Committee along with Western Bay of Plenty District Council, Environment Bay of Plenty and the NZ Police. This group promotes road safety initiatives in the city.

Tauranga City Council and the Western Bay of Plenty District Council have a dedicated Travel Safe team, based at Tauranga City Council, which works with schools and the communities to develop and implement safe and active travel options.

The two Councils also share a road safety coordinator who is responsible for implementing and managing core road safety campaigns in the sub-region.

Funding for the various road safety campaigns and for the Travel Safe programmes comes from the NZ Transport Agency with contributions from Tauranga City Council and Western Bay of Plenty District Council.

 View Council's Road Safety Policy.

Road Safety

Road safety campaigns for 2011/12 in the Tauranga City and Western Bay of Plenty Region are focusing on the following areas:

1. Reducing the impact of alcohol & drugs on driving.
2. Reducing speed and the number of speed related crashes.
3. Reducing intersection crashes by raising driver awareness of intersection hazards.
4. Increasing the level of restraint use by holding workshops and undertaking roadside checks.
5. Reducing the number of heavy commercial vehicle crashes in conjunction with ACC.
6. Reducing crashes involving young drivers.
7. Improving motorcycle safety through motorcycle training workshops.
8. Improving the level of safety for mobility scooter users through a series of local workshops.

To view the New Zealand Road Safety Strategy to 2020, ‘Safer Journeys’ go to the Ministry of Transport's website.  This is the overall road safety strategy for all Councils to work towards.

To contact the Tauranga City Council Road Safety Coordinator call 07 577 7000.

Cycle Lane Guidelines

The purpose of this document is to encourage consistency in the provision of cycle lanes and markings throughout the city.

View the draft Cycle Lane Guidelines here (1.28mb pdf).

Infrastructure Development Code

The design standard chapter for the transport network can be found here .