Tauranga electricity lines company Powerco is struggling to provide adequate supplies to the rapidly developing suburbs at Papamoa East.
Problems with servicing the area, which included the big subdivision of Wairakei, were highlighted during submissions yesterday on proposed changes to rules in the council's City Plan.
Planning consultant Georgina McPherson said Powerco faced a challenge to deliver electricity to meet development demand at Papamoa East. It was caused by the ribbon development down the narrow coastal strip between the coast and the motorway.
"This means that the few road corridors available are already congested with services and Powerco is struggling to provide adequate supply." She said Powerco did not have an automatic right of access to use the motorway corridor.
The problems at Papamoa East were used to highlight dissatisfaction with some of the proposed changes to infrastructure standards in the City Plan.