Highlands Highway closed in Kainantu
WORKS Secretary David Wereh has advised people using the Highland Highway that it is closed at the Bane Bridge in Kainantu, Eastern Highlands, while repairs are being carried out on the section recently washed away by floodwaters. The Bane River burst its banks damaging a section of the road. Wereh said workmen were constructing a temporary bypass to restore traffic flow. The bypass is expected to be completed “in 48 hours maximum”. He urged locals not to interfere with the work being carried out.
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Establish proper systems to maintain Highway.
The Bane Bridge in Kainantu was already showing signs of collapse over the years. But the relevant authories fail to take actions to preseve this vital insfrustructure. The highlands highway is also a major infrastructure that has been neglected over the years as successive governments come and go. Compare it’s quality to some of the roads in Port Moresby and one can obviously conclude that truly the highway has deteriorated so badly it has affected service delivery in the resource rich highlands province. The reconstruction or maintenance of the bridge is only a paltry solution to the overall problem. But there a lot of areas of the highway ready to collapse if no proactive actions are taken. Whilst the current O’Neill Abel government has sourced funding of K180 million to upgrade the highway, it vital that effective systems or machinisms must be established to consistently maintain the highway.
Jethro Kasse – UPNG.
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