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Bay of Plenty Expressway — Tauranga to Rotorua
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency · Bay of Plenty
Proposed expressway upgrade between Tauranga and Rotorua to replace the existing winding SH33 and SH30 routes. Early planning stage under National's Roads of National Significance programme.
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44/100 · At risk
Completion Probability — likelihood this proceeds on roughly its stated timeline.
Funding statusweight 30%
Delivery stageweight 25%
Election / policy riskweight 20%
Govt priority alignmentweight 12%
Project scaleweight 8%
Delivery agencyweight 5%
Key facts
- Region
- Bay of Plenty
- Sector
- Transport
- Status
- Planning
- Estimated value
- $3.2b
- Indicative completion
- 2033
- Funding status
- No Source
- Lead organisation
- Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
- Election risk
- High
Election risk assessment
National's RoNS agenda; not yet funded or consented.
Government priority alignment
HIGH — RoNS planning project — GPS economic-growth priority.
Chronology
- 2018Bay of Plenty growth study identifies Tauranga–Rotorua connection as strategic weakness
- 2023National includes Tauranga–Rotorua as Roads of National Significance planning project
- 2024Early planning and options assessment begins
- 2033Aspirational target — no consent or funding committed