Electorate to have engineering unit

 

The Mul-Baiyer electorate in the Western Highlands is preparing to establish a district engineering unit to have all its road infrastructure fixed. This was made known during the delivery of two vehicles –one to the Provincial Works Department and one to the District Administration on Friday. District Administrator Olga Makindi and Douglas Kilipi from local MP Koi Trappe’s office, said the vehicle to the Works Department would be used to oversee all infrastructure development projects in the electorate. The two men said the vehicle would allow engineers from the Works Department for electoral visits and inspect all projects carried out by contractors. For a first in the Highlands, with the completion of the District Works Department, all vehicles would be logged in and out and kept pooled to prevent misuse. During the former MP’s reign, 30 vehicles for the electorate were bought. Only 10 of those vehicles remain while the whereabouts of the rest is unknown. Mr Trappe already purchased an excavator and two dump trucks for road development in the electorate.
Pictured above is Mr Makindi receiving the keys to the two vehicles from Mr Kilipi at the Mt Hagen Works depo. Words and Picture: JOHNNY POIYA.