Nice little Christmas gift. Port funding has been approved in Gulf Province which will help turn the area into a hub.
Kikori LOs sign billion kina deal
By ANCILLA WRAKUALE
East Kikori in Gulf Province will be the main economic hub in the Province with the development of multi billion kina Paia Inlet Port Project.
Landowners from the impacted villages signed a an agreement last Friday in Port Moresby with board members of the the Paia Inlet Integrated Development Projects (PPIDC) Co and Gulf Governor Havila Kavo who is also the Board Chairman.
The Project was approved by the National Executive Council (NEC) decision for the development of a deepwater port-wharf at Paia Inlet waterways in the Gulf Province
The Paia Inlet Integrated Development Projects (PPIDC) comprises of:
- The deepwater port;
- A special purpose industrial zone;
- A growth centre; and
- Network of roads.
The landowner representatives acknowledged the Project and pledged their full support towards the government for the project to go on.
Gulf Governor Havila Kavo said the project would cost billions of kina for the port development and township
He said the Project would change the Gulf Province and will make it the economic hub in the Province.
The port project would also benefit largely from the Gulf LNG Project.
Mr Kavo said the project would commence early in the New Year.
They have engaged renowned global companies who have footprints in PNG to work on the Project.
CEO of Paia Inlet Infrastructure Development Co Ltd Mr Emmanuel Mai said they’ve engaged Aecom to do the technical lay work with KPMG as Project Adviser.
Mr Kavo told the landowners that the project would not happen overnight but will at least take some years and urged them for their full support for the development of the project.
The PIIDC project villages consisted of Wowobo, Mirimailau, Tovei, Oumaumere, Gauri, Veraibari and Damarbari villages of East Kikori in the Gulf Province."
http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20121227/business01.htm
This area is a bit N of Kerema.