PNG PM Marape Opens Tabubil–Telefomin Highway, Linking Remote Communities

PNG PM Marape Opens Tabubil–Telefomin Highway, Linking Remote Communities

PNG Prime Minister James Marape on Friday officially opened the long-awaited Tabubil–Telefomin Highway, a landmark Connect PNG project that for the first time links the remote Telefomin District of West Sepik Province to the rest of the country by road. Funded through the Ok Tedi Mining Ltd Tax Credit Scheme, the project drew thousands of residents from Western and West Sepik provinces, who celebrated what many described as a “dream come true” f…