Rotorua's plans of getting a Transit-approved welcome road sign in Maori may have received a boost with Mayor Steve Chadwick now confident the plan will go ahead.

NZTA originally rejected the idea of having bilingual road signs which serve as a legally enforced speed-limit warning, saying these signs are only available in English.

Current regulations permit only guide, tourist, and general interest signs to be bilingual.

Chadwick told Mike Hosking she spoke with the NZTA chairman who said they will sit down with her and sort out the issue while also looking at their policy around bilingual signs.

"Perhaps we were talking past each other but we'll get there, and I am very heartened by that because it felt very silly last week."

LISTEN ABOVE AS STEVE CHADWICK SPEAKS WITH MIKE HOSKING