This story appeared in today's edition of The National:
By YEHIURA HRIEHWAZI and EVE TUMUL WURR
LAE is returning to its earlier reputation of being PNG’s “pothole city” with the business community describing the roads as “dreadful”.
Most of the city’s roads are riddled with potholes while the roads that were upgraded and sealed by AusAID several years ago are already showing major stress signs.
Lae Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Mr Alan McLay yesterday said the road condition had a bad effect on businesses in the city.
Many company and private vehicles have been damaged.
Mr McLay added that the public transport system was also affected as buses do not follow and complete their allocated routes, leaving many people stranded and staff often turning up late for work.
“Due to the road condition, traffic slow down and criminals often take advantage of slow-moving vehicles,” he said.
Mr McLay said he had contacted provincial government officials who said they are preparing funds for the roads.
An official from the Lae District Treasury told The National yesterday that K1.5 million was allocated for the maintenance of Lae roads in July.
So far they have already used K600,000 for road maintenance.
However, continuous rain has been another problem that city authorities have to deal with.
An official from Governor Luther Wenge’s office said the city engineer had been instructed to immediately put together a comprehensive report on how much it will cost to completely rehabilitate the city roads.
Most of the city’s roads are riddled with potholes while the roads that were upgraded and sealed by AusAID several years ago are already showing major stress signs.
Lae Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Mr Alan McLay yesterday said the road condition had a bad effect on businesses in the city.
Many company and private vehicles have been damaged.
Mr McLay added that the public transport system was also affected as buses do not follow and complete their allocated routes, leaving many people stranded and staff often turning up late for work.
“Due to the road condition, traffic slow down and criminals often take advantage of slow-moving vehicles,” he said.
Mr McLay said he had contacted provincial government officials who said they are preparing funds for the roads.
An official from the Lae District Treasury told The National yesterday that K1.5 million was allocated for the maintenance of Lae roads in July.
So far they have already used K600,000 for road maintenance.
However, continuous rain has been another problem that city authorities have to deal with.
An official from Governor Luther Wenge’s office said the city engineer had been instructed to immediately put together a comprehensive report on how much it will cost to completely rehabilitate the city roads.
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