“Emergency bridge to restore temporary access is 85 percent complete. Should be open by this afternoon then work on the permanent (bridge will start),” Wereh told Loop PNG.
However, Wereh did not give the cost of the emergency and permanent bridges to be built at 11-Mile outside of Lae City, following the previous one being washed away yesterday morning.
Flood removed the culvert in the road, resulting in vehicles being stranded on either side of the Highway which connects Lae City to Nadzab Airport, Madang and the populous Highlands Region.