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NEW BEDFORD - Tired of swerving to avoid potholes on New Bedford streets? Mayor Jon Mitchell says the City is beginning a program to invest $1 million a year for five years to be used for the complete reconstruction of New Bedford's most damaged streets...

NEW BEDFORD - This year will hopefully prove more efficient for those that plow New Bedford's streets during snowstorms. The City installed a new salt shed on Mount Pleasant Street in the North End, with a 2,000 ton capacity. DPI Commissioner Zeb Arruda tells WBSM News it used to take North End plows 40 minutes to reload at the Liberty Street salt shed and make it back to the North End... Read Mor

New Bedford elected officials and department heads gathered Monday afternoon to celebrate the work of former Department of Public Infrastructure Ron Labelle.

Construction will soon begin on New Bedford's first-ever dog park. The City Council this week accepted a $225,000 grant from the Stanton Foundation for construction of the park, which will be situated on Hathaway Boulevard between Greenwood and Ruggles Streets...

Mother Nature spared the Southcoast of any significant damage as the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine continue to dissipate. In New Bedford, Department of Public Infrastructure Commissioner Zeb Arruda says about six trees were toppled by strong gusts of wind, and over a dozen tree limbs had fallen throughout the City Monday...

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell has announced his appointment to replace the City's outgoing DPI Commissioner. Mitchell says he has chosen Deputy Commissioner Euzebio "Zeb" Arruda to step into the chief position of the Department of Public Infrastructure to replace Ron Labelle, who retired at the end of June...

Good news and bad news for those who endure the detours and slow downs on Coggeshall Street in New Bedford. The good news: City crews are in the final phase of replacing sewer lines and other undergound infrastructure on the street, and should be done by winter...

The City's Department of Public Infrastructure is retiring. Ron Labelle told his staff Thursday he will be stepping down from his position at the end of this fiscal year, June 30. Labelle tells WBSM News he felt it was an appropriate time to announce his retirement...

The City of New Bedford is taking steps to improve conditions at the dam located at Turner's Pond off Plainville Road near the New Bedford-Dartmouth line. The State Office of Dam Safety recently declared that area a hazard, and ordered New Bedford to take action...

The intersections of Hathaway Road, Nauset Street and Mount Pleasant Street, also known as the Hathaway Triangle, have been a cause of concern for motorists and pedestrians alike for decades.