Chinese Government provides $12 million grant for 1.2 km Independence Boulevard from Waigani Drive to Parliament in Papua New Guinea (linked to #63122)

In 2018, the Chinese Government provided a $12 million grant for the 6-lane Independence Boulevard from Waigani Drive to Parliament Housem, which is part of the “两条路”项目 (also known as the Two Roads Project or the APEC Roads Project). The Two Roads project includes the construction of Independence Boulevard and Poreporena Freeway in time for Papua New Guinea to host the 2018 APEC meeting. Independence Boulevard is six lanes wide with a 100-millimeter-thick blacktopped pavement. Construction took 205 days. Management was done by the consortium of China Communications Fourth Navigation Engineering Survey and Design Institute Co., Ltd. and Guangzhou Nanhua Engineering Management Co., Ltd.. China Harbour Engineering Co., Ltd. was the general contractor. This road was upgraded to prepare for the upcoming APEC conference. The road was completed on November 16, 2018. The work on the Poreporena Freeway as part of the Two Roads Project is captured in project ID#63122.

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