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Road testing
While the motorway extension from Puhoi to Warkworth might be new, not all the vehicles travelling along it are in the same condition. In its first week, nine cars broke down on the new stretch of road and five required towing.
Back to the future
The new Puhinui Warkworth Draft Town Centre Plan going out for public feedback next month is an impressive looking 65-page document full of forward-looking ideas for the community over the next 10 years. It also includes a significant look back, though not just in its summary of the settlement’s history. In a possible nod to residents who’ve been here a few years, a full-page colour photo of Queen Street at the beginning of the plan clearly shows Roberts Bakery, Flight Centre, Franklins Amcal, the National Bank and Retravision with their doors wide open and back in business once again.
Cutting remark
We’re not sure it was wise to give Prime Minister Chris Hipkins a sharp object when he visited Warkworth to officially open the new Puhoi to Warkworth motorway extension last month. On being handed a smart pair of gold-handled scissors, the beleaguered PM appeared to have the antics of some of his more troublesome ministers in mind when, with a glint in his eye, he commented that he’d quite like to keep them. “I think I might take these back with me to the Cabinet Room,” he said. “Chippity-chop!”
Red light district
A new flashing speed warning sign in Leigh has not gone down well with one local resident. Writing on a community Facebook page, the householder lamented its appearance with a decidedly colourful complaint. “I didn’t sign up for this form of visual pollution on my street,” they wrote. “The 30km sign is flashing red like a hooker on heat!”
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