Chinese build bridges to suit PNG condition
A LOW key launching of Usino junction-Yamagi road in the Usino-Bundi electorate by Chinese Ambassador Qiu Bohua on Nov 10 last year is gaining momentum and will come to use very soon. The K22 million road project funded by the Chinese government is not just another project. The road includes a number of permanent bridges that will last long, and the government should seriously consider adopting the same technology and know-how and implement in other parts of PNG. Usino junction-Yamagi road used to be impassable in the past, before 2005 after Ramu NiCo entered the area in the isolated Kurumbukari to develop the nickel and cobalt project. What is impressive to the commuters and locals is the type of bridges that are built, purely out of concrete cement and metals in their tons. Built by the Chinese engineers using local knowledge, the bridges are built to withstand the strength and currents of the rivers along the new road because when it rains, the rivers can destroy the bridges. Former...