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Bridge for Tegari people

Wednesday, 25 April 2012 22:05
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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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Monday, 12 March 2012
5. Forgotten Women Buy Semi-Trailer to Participate in PNG LNG Project 
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On 20 Friday January 2012, in Tari, Southern Highlands, the Hela Women’s Upstream Limited (UHWL), an economic and social organisation compromising of around 200 members launched their very own Western ...
Thursday, 26 January 2012
A huge landslide along the Hides 4 Road in Southern Highlands has buried villages and houses. Estimates of between 40 - 60 people are believed to be buried under the landslip. The disaster near the ...
Thursday, 26 January 2012
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012
8. Poroma Hill Holds up the PNG LNG Project
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Dozens of trucks destined for the PNG LNG project area are still stranded at the Poroma hill Section of the Highlands Highway. This section is the wort part of the Highway in Southern Highlands and has ...

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Upgrade the System to Avoid Traffic Congestions

Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:51
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Building new roads, upgrading and widening existing roads is an expensive exercise and time consuming.

This is a professional opinion by civil engineering experts from the Papua New Guinea Institute of Engineers.

A statement released by the IEPNG President, Joseph Hamylton iterated that at this point of time the Papua New Guinea Government and stakeholders should consider upgrading the existing system.

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Institute of Engineers concern over deteriorating road conditions

Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:29
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The institute of Engineers Papua New Guinea (IEPNG) expressed concerns in relation to the continually deteriorating road conditions and lack of road maintenance in the nation’s capital.

President of IEPNG, Joseph Hamylton highlighted important issues regarding such poor road conditions and maintenance.

He said that it has become a standard practice in PNG that civil construction companies are building roads and highways using their past experience that could be completely outdated.

Mr Hamylton added that road construction companies are also operating without employing professional civil engineers but carrying out those projects with only tradesmen.

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Pictures Show Poreporena Freeway Washed Out!

Tuesday, 13 March 2012 09:48
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Whole Section of Port Moresby’s $80 million Four Lane Highway Missing!

PNG Cars turned up early to get some of the first pictures of the collapsed section of the $80 million Poreporena Freeway.

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City Traffic Woes.

Thursday, 08 March 2012 10:46
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The travelling public are calling on relevant transport authorities and the national government to quickly address traffic woes in the capital city.

Taxi drivers commuting the city’s routes and depending a lot on the traffic condition say the last decade has seen a dramatic accumulation in traffic congestion causing havoc to commuters going to work and schools.

They cited an increase in the number of second-hand and cheap vehicles imported into Papua New Guinea and also an influx of people migrating to the nation’s capital directly as triggering such traffic congestion.

Concerns have been raised by the public via respective media fraternities as a plea to the appropriate authorities and the national government to intervene.

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