A crucial step towards the construction of an iconic visitor information centre in Mount Maunganui is due to take place today.
Tauranga City Council today decides whether to include the $5 million project in its draft 2017-18 Annual Plan.
Councillors will be asked to approve a site in Coronation Park as the preferred location. The site was on the corner of Maunganui Rd and Nikau Crescent.
The council is proposing to build a combined visitor information centre for tourists and an i-Port to service passengers coming off cruise ships.
An alternative location to a high profile frontage on Maunganui Rd was where the visitor information centre used to be next to the police station in Salisbury Ave near the current gate used by cruise ship passengers.