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As culverts are being washed away every now and then there is a call for civil engineers to advice the government of the day on possible alternatives to hold crossways for a sustainable period of time.

According to reports the cheap culverts that had been laid in initial road infrastructure developments in major roads across the country are giving away and cannot stand to the current weather situation causing havoc to the travelling public.

This was evident in the recent collapsing of the Poreporena Highway when a 10 by 10 meter ditch was formed in the middle of the frequently used freeway due to heavy down pours washing away the already overloaded culverts.

This in turn caused major traffic congestion within the nation’s capital for almost one month before a temporary bridge was built in place to reduce the congestion.

The people of Tegari, in the Hela Province, today rejoiced as a major shift is taking place in their transportation infrastructure.

Thanks to insights of the Hela Transitional Authority chief executive officer William Bando and his chairman and member for Tari-Pori, James Marape in identifying significant impact infrastructure development project for the people of Hela a new bridge had been built for the Tegari people.

This is being facilitated by the Southern Highlands Governor Anderson Agiru.

While expressing gratitude to Governor Agiru for the undertaking, Landowner Chairman for the Pureni people, Joe Hapokaia iterated that there had been countless deaths just trying to cross mighty Tegari River.

“The days of using dugout canoes from the Dark Ages just to cross the Tegari River are over,” he added.

Mr. Hapokaia made a call to the Prime Minister Peter O’Neill to extend the development of the road to an all-weather one, from Hiwanda through to pureni and onto Koroba.

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Wednesday, 18 January 2012