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Whanganui District Council officer endorses traffic lights over roundabouts 26 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Motorists liked the temporary roundabout at the Victoria Ave/Dublin St intersection in 2018. Photo / Stuart Munro Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron Traffic lights versus roundabouts have been up for debate at a Whanganui District Council meeting, and senior roading engineer Brent Holmes is firmly in favour of the lights. When the subject of traffic lights came up at February's infrastructu...

Whanganui building and subdivision gathers pace as demand for housing grows 31 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read The subdivision at the end of Tawhero St will have 35 house sites once its ground level has been raised. Photo / Bevan Conley Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron Demand for houses in Whanganui continues to grow, with 198 new housing lots agreed to in 2020 and at least 150 more in the pipeline. That's not surprising with the district's population growing to 48,100, according to economic devel...