Tauranga City Councillors made the decision on Tuesday afternoon to go ahead with the Willow Street bus centre.
Now known as the City Centre Bus Stops, the council has gone with a slightly re-jigged version of a plan approved in principle in November 2009.

The City Centre Bus Stops will be developed on Willow Street and Wharf Streets with the Hopper Buses using both sides of Willow Street and long distance coach operators using Wharf Street.
Bus stops in Durham Street near Baycourt will be used in future as drop off stops for non scheduled services like cruise ship charters. An additional bus stop will be created in Wharf Street outside the TSB Bank for non scheduled tours and departing cruise ship tour operators.
Yet to be decided is the design and cost of the shelter for the Masonic Park side of Willow Street.
The cost of the project is $750,000 with $450,000 provided by a 60 per cent subsidy from the New Zealand Transport Agency. The money will be proved over two financial years.