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Traffic chaos blocks up roads heading into Tauranga

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Travellers, beware!

Traffic is congested heading in and out of Tauranga.

Traffic is at least 25 per cent delayed compared to free-flowing in some routes, according to the New Zealand Transport Agency.

The routes that are congested include:

- Te Puke to Tauranga (via Hewletts Road);
- Te Puke to Tauranga
(via Maungatapu);
- Te Puke to Tauranga Port;
- Welcome Bay to Tauranga (via 15th Ave);
- Pāpāmoa to Tauranga Port (via Baypark);
- Pāpāmoa to Tauranga Port (via Ocean Beach Road);
- Pāpāmoa to Tauranga Port;
- Tauranga to Tauriko (via Cambridge Road);
- Tauranga Port to Te Puke;
- Tauranga Port to Tauriko (via Cambridge Road);
- Tauranga Port to Te Puna (via Harbour Bridge);
- Tauranga to Te Puna;
- Tauranga to Waihi (via SH 2);
- Awakeri to Tauranga (via SH 2);
- Rotorua to Tauranga (via SH 2/33).

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