The Project for the Study on Lae-Nadzab Urban Development Plan in Papua New Guinea CHAPTER 6 EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES 6.1 Land Transport 6.1.1 Profile of Land Transport (1) Institutional Framework Table 6.1.1 shows the organizations involved in the Road Transport Sector in Lae - Nadzab area and their major activities. Table 6.1.1 Institutional Framework of Road Transport Sector Organization Department Major Activities Formulation of transport policy and planning Vehicle inspection Department of Land Transport Division in Registration of large inter-provincial vehicles 1 Transport Lae (>4t) Registration of automobile dealers Road Safety Council in Traffic safety training Lae Traffic controlling Management of national road assets Development of Engineering Standards Northern Regional Office In charge of Momase Region in Lae Morobe Provincial Office In charge of Morobe Province 2 Department of Works in Lae High Impact / Rehabilitation & maintenance of Infrastructure infrastructure Development Authority In charge of management of Highlands Project Office Highway Project Division of Works & Planning, implementation and maintenance Transport of provincial roads Morobe Provincial 3 Administration Registration of vehicles, PMV, and large Traffic Registry inner-provincial vehicles Driving licensing Planning, implementation and maintenance Lae Urban Local Engineering & Technical of Lae City roads 4 Level Government Services (upgrading Lae City roads is currently undertaken by DOW) Dealing with traffic accident 5 Traffic Police Lae Office Traffic Management Source: JICA Project Team 1) Morobe Provincial Administration The Morobe Provincial Administration (hereinafter referred to as MPA) has four deputy administrators specialized in several sectors and 23 senior management staff members under its umbrella, as shown in Figure 6.1.1. The Division of Works & Transport (Provincial Works) is in charge of the infrastructure facilities, such as roads, bridges, water supply, power supply and building. The ongoing project under the Provincial Works is only construction of Finschafen Road between Bukawa and Finschafen of which length is 75 kilometres. The 32 kilometres out of 75 kilometres has been completed up to the base course in November 2015 and is open to traffic. The rest of 43 kilometres will be constructed in next 5 years. The final configuration will be 7.0 metres wide with 5.5 metres wide of gravel pavement. Final Report 6-1 The Project for the Study on Lae-Nadzab Urban Development Plan in Papua New Guinea Provincial Works Manager Mr. Charlie Sindang Civil Section Head Building Section Head General Rural Infrastructure Section Head District Supervisor x 3 per. District Supervisor x 3 per. District Supervisor x 3 per. General Technical Officer General Technical Officer General Technical Officer x 2 per. x 4 per. x 2 per. Source: Morobe Provincial Administration Figure 6.1.1 Organization Structure of Morobe Provincial Administration 2) Lae Urban Local Level Government The Lae Urban Local Level Government (hereinafter referred to as LULLG) has three departments and eight divisions under its umbrella as shown in Figure 6.1.2. The Department of Engineering & Technical Services is in charge of the transport sector and has approximately 35 staff members. Although there are several functions given to the department, it is currently dealing with only simple repair works, clearing drainages and building application procedures, due to the lack of budget and lack of technical capabilities. Engineering & Technical Services Director: Mr. Manfred Adminstration & Secretarial Support 4 staffs Infrastructure & Strategic Techincal Services Workshop Regulatory Services Planning Manager: Mr. Celestine Manager: Mr. Gawi Manager: Mr. Wania Manager: (Vacant) 2 staffs 3 staffs 15-20 staffs 4 staffs FUNCTIONS: FUNCTIONS: FUNCTIONS: Strategic Planning Civil Works Research & Planning Strategic & Corporate Projects Parks & Valuation Land & Valuation Design Services Property & Building Maintenance Building Control Services Survey Services Vehcile Insoection Land Data Base Works Depot Licencing Source: Lae Urban Local Level Government Figure 6.1.2 Organization Structure of Lae Urban Local Level Government Final Report 6-2 The Project for the Study on Lae-Nadzab Urban Development Plan in Papua New Guinea (2) Existing Policies and Strategies 1) Policies and strategies issued by Department of Transport Department of Transport (hereinafter referred to as DOT) issued the “National Transport Strategy (hereinafter referred to as NTS)” on July 2013. The NTS is based on national level planning and policy in PNG Vision 2050. The NTS declares the following vision and goals: Vision “A well-integrated, competitive, safe, affordable, financially and environmentally sustainable transport system that efficiently serves the economy and society of Papua New Guinea.” Goals Restore the national transport network; Fully fund maintenance as far as possible from user charges; Deliver a safe and secure transport system for users and the public; Mitigate or avoid adverse social, health and environmental effects of transport; Develop new infrastructure to serve national and provincial priorities where economically viable and within financial and capacity constraints; Provide better government institutional structures to deliver transport infrastructure and services; Strengthen the human resource capacity of the government transport agencies; Develop capacity and capability of PNG national enterprises in the transport sector; Bring 95% of the population within easy reach of all-weather transport access; Provide transport access to 95% or more of developable agricultural land; Provide well planned, regulated and operated traffic networks and urban public transport systems in the major cities. 2) Policies and strategies issued by Morobe Provincial Administration MPA issued the “Morobe Provincial Integrated Development Plan 2014–2018 (hereinafter referred to as MPIDP)” on 26 May 2014. The MPIDP declares six Provincial Policy Goal Areas in relation to seven pillars of PNG Vision 2050 as shown in Table 6.1.2. Table 6.1.2 Provincial Policy Goals Provincial Policy Goal Areas PNG Vision 2050 Pillars 1 Good Governance and Management 7 Strategic Planning, Integration and Control 2 Sustainable and Robust Economic Growth 2 Wealth Creation, Natural Resources and Growth Nodes 3 Service Delivery Centres and Urban 3 Institutional Development and Service Delivery Development 4 Physical Infrastructure Development 3 Institutional Development and Service Delivery 5 Integral Human Development 1 Human and Social Capital Development 6 Partnership Networking and Cross-cutting 4 Security and International Relations Issues 5 Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Source: Morobe Provincial Integrated Development Plan 2014–2018 The provincial policy goal areas 3 and 4 are related to the transport sector. To achieve the goal area 3, the improvements of Lae City infrastructures such as building new roads, new bridges and new drainage system, are required as a foundation for other new developments to take place. Final Report 6-3 The Project for the Study on Lae-Nadzab Urban Development Plan in Papua New Guinea (3) Existing Land Transport Project Table 6.1.3 Existing Road Transport Projects Project Finance Contractor Current Situation 1 Reconstruction of part of Highlands DOW China Railway Under construction Highway (35 kilometres, between International Bugandi Roundabout and Nadzab Airport Junction) into four lanes 2 Bukawa Road (25 kilometres) DOW DOW Under construction Rehabilitation Pilot Project for JICA technical cooperation project using machineries donated by JICA 3 Lae City Roads Upgrading to Concrete DOW Several Completed up to Pavement (8+27=35 kilometres) contractors Stage-3 (2014 project) and waiting for budget allocation of Stage-4 6.1.2 Present Condition of Land Transport (1) Existing Land Transport Network Figure 6.1.3 shows the transport network in Morobe Province. The broken lines in the figure show future roads proposed in Morobe Provincial Integrated Development Plan. Source: JICA Project Team based on Morobe Provincial Integrated Development Plan Figure 6.1.3 Morobe Province-wide Transport Network Existing roads in the Project Area are shown in Figure 6.1.4. The national roads are currently classified into national routes (NR), the main inter-provincial connecting routes, national main roads (NM), national district roads (ND) and national institutional roads (NI). Final Report 6-4 The Project for the Study on Lae-Nadzab Urban Development Plan in Papua New Guinea In the Project Area, there are three national roads, which are Highlands Highway (NR), Wau-Bulolo Highway (NM) and Bukawa Road (ND). Among them, the Highlands Highway is 700 kilometres long, and it is the most important highway in the country serving as a “backbone infrastructure” connecting the PNG’s biggest port at Lae with the inland highland provinces which account for about 40 percent of the country population and have vast natural resources. This highway is under construction to expand the section between the intersection with Boundary Road in Lae and Nadzab Airport into four lanes. Bukawa Road is also under construction based on heavy machineries donated by Japanese Government and technical skills built by a JICA program. The heavy machineries donated to DOW Morobe Provincial Office consists of one bulldozer, one excavator, two motor graders, one-wheel loader, one vibration roller, one