NZTA proposes an amendment be made to the tolling scheme (the Order in Council) to allow for an additional toll point to be installed on the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road.
This will enable motorists travelling between the Domain Road Interchange and the Pāpāmoa East Interchange to be charged a toll price to contribute toward debt repayment for this road.
People travelling this distance would pay a lower toll price than the current toll to reflect the shorter distance travelled.
Consultation has now closed.
Thanks to everyone who made a submission during the consultation process. Public consultation is a valued part of the process, and the insights gained through submissions will be considered in the decision-making process. The next step is for the NZTA Board to consider the information and make a recommendation to the Minister of Transport.
NZTA is seeking public feedback on a proposal to update the tolling scheme for the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road.
The proposal includes:
Proposed toll rates between the Domain Road Interchange and the Pāpāmoa East Interchange
Motorists travelling the full length of the road between the Domain Road Interchange and Paengaroa Roundabout will continue to pay the current toll prices
Toll prices are in 2025 dollars and apply 24-hours per day.
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A toll-free period of 12 months is proposed for Pāpāmoa East Interchange users. This supports the early opening of Pāpāmoa East Interchange (off-ramp August 2025 and interchange mid-2026) and while it may extend the repayment period, it increases the number of contributing users over time.
Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Modelling Assessment [PDF, 9.1 MB]
The NZTA Board considers the results of this consultation alongside the technical analysis and may then recommend the amendment to the Order in Council to the Minister of Transport.
After the consultation, we’ll post a public engagement report with the feedback to our website. All submissions and feedback collected via the public consultation will be summarised to the Minister.
This will provide insights into the level of community support for the tolling proposal. If satisfied with the adequacy of consultation, levels of community support and other requirements of s48(1) of the Land Transport Management Act (LTMA), the Minister may recommend the amendment of the Order in Council to the Governor-General.
The information you send to us in a written submission or on an online form will be used by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) to help inform our consultation for the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road. NZTA may publish in part or in full the information you submit, for example in a consultation report, but we will not include any information that could be used to identify an individual person. If you have indicated you are an authorised representative of an organisation, we may publish your organisation’s name. Please clearly indicate if your comments contain commercially sensitive information or, if for some other reason, they should not be disclosed.
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