The location of Bumneng, according to the Lae telephone directory[a] is west of Bumbu River, north of Botanical Gardens, east of Eriku and south of Omili.

Lae Polytechnic College is located on Milford Haven Rd at the junction of Bumbu Road Bumneng.

Formerly Lae Technical School it was established is in 1953 at Busu Secondary grounds and relocated to present site between 1954 and 1955.

[2] In 2011 a study found that employers were dissatisfied with the services provided by the colleges and strongly emphasised the need for a coordinating education authority.

Many houses were damaged or completely destroyed and hundreds of people at the Five Mile settlement along the Highland highway were also affected by mud-slides.