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A trial reopening of a Tauranga street closed for seven years has been labelled a "good outcome" for nearby residents feeling stuck "in a rat trap".
Transport planners, however, are concerned it will create safety issues.
The citybound Hairini St slip lane to Turret Rd and the Hairini Bridge will reopen, except from 6.30am to 9.30am weekdays, for a three-month trial from October.
The road was closed in July 2018 when the Maungatapu Underpass opened, to avoid having three lanes merging into one at the notorious traffic bottleneck. It became a bus-only lane.
This meant to leave Hairini, motorists had to backtrack to the State Highway 29 Hairini St intersection.
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The slip lane's closure was me
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