OK Tedi lauded for support
REPORTS BY ISAAC NICHOLAS
THE road to link from Tabubil to Telefomin, in West Sepik, has now reached 20km into the hinterlands of the Min area and is expected to reach Telefomin in another two years.
Telefomin is only accessible by air and the road will open up the electorate for the first time.
The project is being funded by OK Tedi Mining Limited, under its tax credit scheme.
Local MP and defence minister, Solan Mirisim, thanked OK Tedi, with support from North-Fly district, Western province and West Sepik governors, for making funds available for the critical road infrastructure.
He said this during the presentation of the district acquittals of the district services improvement program funding to the department of implementation and rural development (DIRD) in Port Moresby on Friday.
“I am happy with the funding going down to the sectors, we more or less are looking at education, health, and in terms of infrastructure the roads,” Mr Mirisim said.
“Most of the roads have fallen into disuse for years, (and) we need to bring them back to life.
“OK Tedi has been behind Telefomin and Western province, assisting us to build a road from Tabubil to Telefomin.
The North-Fly MP and and governors of Western and Sandaun are contributing funds for the road.”
“We are about 19 to 20km done and we are looking at about 40 to 50km more to go. In two years time, the road will reach Telefomin, once it reaches Telefomin, it will continue all the way to Oksapmin and then it is easy to go up to Kopiago in Hela province and there, you link the Highlands highway, but it will take time. “But for now, we are still using planes as our only mode of transport.”
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