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Make sure the outcome gets value for the
money
THE Government’s commitment to build a new highway,
upgrading and rehabilitating the old ones is encouraging. However, I would
like to make a few points here which I think the people concerned must take
note of.
While the Government may be prepared to pump in millions of kina of public
funds into building and upgrading highways, it must also make sure it gets
value for the money.
Some parts of the roads and highways maintained are of poor standard that
after couple of weeks or months, they start to fall apart.
The Department of Works engineers overlooking these jobs are not doing their
job properly.
Some companies also do not even have the credibility or quality to qualify
them to bid for the contracts.
Before tenders are called and contracts issued to various companies, more
research work should be carried out the companies bidding for public funds
by relevant government authorities if they have a credible background.
Otherwise, the Government will waste millions of public funds for poor road
services that will not last more than three months.
Kral Kang
Kimbe |
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