A Papamoa woman fears lives will be lost if something isn't done to curb the speeding cars outside her child's primary school.
Vanessa Svebakk said the road outside Tahatai Coast School had virtually become an extension of the 100km/h Tauranga Eastern Link since the Sandhurst Drive accessway was installed earlier this year - and more needed to be done to keep school children safe crossing the residential Papamoa road.
''There's a big problem with traffic around the school. The near accidents that keep happening. The school's implemented new strategies to cope with it. They mean well but it's not working,'' she said.
''I keep seeing children not being supervised and people aren't doing 50km/h. It's like Gravatt Rd is an extension of the motorway.''
''It's only a matter of time before it happens. The council should have done something ages ago.''