One hundred thousand dollars has been set aside for designing a visitor information centre at Mount Maunganui.
Tauranga City Council has decided to budget $100,000 for the project design and consents associated with developing new visitor information facilities in Tauranga, with the council's preferred hub at Salisbury Ave/Coronation Park. This would be loan funded.
The council also opted to increase the targeted economic development rate to provide an additional $150,000 to Tourism Bay of Plenty for providing visitor services and a one-off $150,000 for improvements to the i-Port.
I think it's entirely appropriate that we don't greet visitors to Tauranga with a container with a bit of plastic on top.
Councillor Steve Morris supported the preferred option for a Salisbury Ave/Coronation Park visitor gateway to Mount Maunganui.