Papua New Guinea key route upgrade

Plans are now in hand in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to improve the Highlands Highway, which links Mount Hagen with Nadzab Airport. The work is expected to cost US$700 million and the tender process will open shortly, with construction work timed to commence in the second quarter of 2018. However the project will pose a number of challenges and the improvement works could take as long as 10 years to complete. Funding for the project will be supplied by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
October 19, 2017 Read time: 1 min

Plans are now in hand in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to improve the Highlands Highway, which links Mount Hagen with Nadzab Airport. The work is expected to cost US$700 million and the tender process will open shortly, with construction work timed to commence in the second quarter of 2018. However the project will pose a number of challenges and the improvement works could take as long as 10 years to complete. Funding for the project will be supplied by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

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