Roads
Our road repair program includes both bitumen reseals and asphalt overlay works. While we aim to minimise disruptions, expect short delays, especially when roads are reduced to one lane or detours are in place. For safety, please follow all traffic management instructions. Residents will be notified directly by contractors when work is scheduled in their area.
Street cleaning
We undertake several methods to prevent waste from polluting our drainage systems, this includes street sweeping, stormwater side entry pit and pipe cleaning, cleaning of open drains, provisions of stormwater pollution traps and sweeping of bicycle tracks and laneways.
Street cleaning schedule
- Palmerston CBD - paths, roads and carparks: weekly
- Main roads: quarterly
- Local and industrial roads: every 4 months
- Shared pathways (outside CBD): monthly
- Remaining pathways: every 4 months
Paths
We maintain 110kms of footpath and 40kms of bicycle paths.
Lights
We control manage and maintain 4,700 public lights within the Palmerston area. This includes street and park lighting (but excludes lighting along Northern Territory Government roads). All our lights were upgraded to smart LED lights in May 2020.