Mount Maunganui business owner Fleur Sandford is full of praise when it comes to recent safety improvements around the Central Parade shops along Maunganui Road.

The wheels on the bus are turning with excitement for children at BestStart Bayfair now the upgraded Arataki bus hub is open for action.

Speed limits outside Tauranga schools will drop to 30km/h during drop off and pick up times from next year to make it safer for students.

Arataki is a bustling area, with thousands of people passing through each day.

Full of excitement and sporting bright orange outfits, over 700 students from Tauranga and Western Bay primary and intermediate schools took to the streets of Mount Maunganui yesterday in the annual Road Safe Orange Walk.

A new Tauranga City Council digital map that highlights hundreds of accessible locations is already being described as “a total win” for local disabled and older communities.

Local Tauranga school students can now safely cross Fraser Street between 17th and 18th Avenue, thanks to a new signalised crossing.