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

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$12,075,556
Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•Papua New GuineaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Papua New GuineaSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2018
Start (planned)
Apr 1, 2018
Start (actual)
Apr 1, 2018
End (planned)
Nov 11, 2018
End (actual)
Nov 16, 2018

Geospatial footprint

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The project upgraded Independence Boulevard in Port Moresby, National Capital District. Independence Boulevard is six lanes wide with a 100-millimeter-thick blacktopped pavement. More detailed locational data can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/688235362#map=16/-9.4282/147.1878 https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/837192235 https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/837192238#map=17/-9.42810/147.18292

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Papua New Guinea

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • China Harbour Engineering Co., Ltd. (CHEC)

Loan description

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

Narrative

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Project narrative

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 Record ID#63122.