TRANS PAPUA: New Roads in Papua’s Mountain Zone

The government is generously opening routes across the regencies in Papua and West Papua. It will not, however, speedily jack up regional growth.

November 6, 2017

An asphalted road splits a rocky hill. It is 90 kilometers long. In one day, five double-gear cars are passing three times back and forth on average from Wamena, Jayawijaya regency, to Mbua, Nduga regency, Papua. "Although it isn’t completely finished yet, people have already enjoyed its benefit," said Chief of the Papua and West Papua National Road Implementation Center, Osman Marbun, two weeks ago.

Before the road spanned that distance, it too

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