Tauranga's waterfront transformation is on track to be completed in April.
The tidal stairs, pier and pontoon concept would be the first stage of the project which aimed to provide the community with better access to the water.
The project has been developed in parallel with the Tauranga City Centre Spatial Framework - a visual representation of what residents wanted their public spaces, streets and waterfront to be. A big part of this was the reconnection and access to the water.
City Transformation general manager Jaine Lovell-Gadd said work was currently focused on finishing the ground foundations and the reinforced concrete for the tidal steps.
The tidal steps were all precast units which had been poured into shaped moulds at a Mount Maunganui concrete batching plant. They would be trucked to the site and set in place by a crane in the coming fortnight, she said.