A police search is under way after a report of a shirtless man failing to resurface while swimming in the Whanganui River. Whanganui police want to speak.
Whanganui District Council pulls $830,000 raised crossing project from long-term plan nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Whanganui District Council’s plan to build a hotel and multi-storey carpark has a hefty price tag but it could keep future rates requirements down by $4.
Dublin St Bridge congestion depriving Whanganui East , resident tells Whanganui council
13 May, 2021 05:00 PM
3 minutes to read
A Whanganui East resident said the daily bottleneck at Dublin St Bridge is not a new problem.
Photo / Bevan Conley
A Whanganui East resident said the daily bottleneck at Dublin St Bridge is not a new problem.
Photo / Bevan Conley
Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
A Whanganui East resident is challenging the view that traffic congestion at the Dublin St Bridge is a recent problem and says the suburb is being deprived . Elizabeth Stiles-Dawe said although traffic delays on both
Report from RNZ by Robin Martin
After the indignity of being labelled a ‘zombie town,’ Whanganui is now experiencing a growth spurt that has seen it fall victim to that most metropolitan of scourges – traffic congestion.
And one pinch-point raises the heckles more than most – the more than 100-year-old Dublin Street Bridge. Opened to trams, vehicles and pedestrians in 1914, the historic two-lane steel bridge connects State Highways 3 and 4 via central Whanganui.
It cost $75,000, took two-and-a-half years to build and contains 1000 tonnes of steel, and 30 tonnes of rivets.
But controlled via roundabouts at each end, the Dublin Street bridge is struggling with the 5000 new residents Whanganui has attracted over the past few years.