Robert Van Bentum News Today

The long wait for upgrading a key route around Palmerston North's centre could be over.

Boy racing in Palmerston North poses headaches for locals and engineers.

Chief infrastructure office Robert van Bentum said that was corrected during the week, and separators would be installed later to make it safer. In another area near West End School, vehicles parked on the street had prevented completion of the cycle lane markings, but that would be fixed. Cyclists have complained about the roughness of the ride near the kerbs, and lack of painted sharrows making it clear the lanes were for bikes. The green paint and cycle symbols would be added after the n...

Murray Wilson/Stuff Traffic past Milverton Park on Ferguson St could face delays while a sewer pipe is dug up and replaced. An ancient sewer pipe in Palmerston North’s Ferguson St is being replaced, which will cause delays and detours for traffic around the Milverton Park/Victoria Ave area. The pipe is 115 years old and will be replaced with modern PVC pipe from the Victoria Ave roundabout to Rawhiti Ave. Council transport and infrastructure manager Robert van Bentum said work would start o...