Kokoda Transport Study
Under the Joint Understanding on the Kokoda Track and Owen Stanley Ranges, the Governments of Papua New Guinea and Australia are working together to improve access to markets and services for communities along the Kokoda Track Corridor.
In mid-2009, the PNG and Australian governments undertook a Kokoda Transport Study to identify key transport needs in the region. The study team consulted with community members, service providers, trek operators, PNG National and Provincial Government officials and non-government organisations.
The recommendations of the Transport Study considered transport needs of communities and industry, costs, technical issues and the long-term sustainability of possible actions.
Stakeholder needs
- Transport needs identified by Track communities included: general mobility, access to secondary health and higher education services, easier access to markets to sell produce, and safer walking access between villages and across creeks.
- Health and education service providers' needs included: access for supervisory visits from provincial centres, village-based health and education staff travel to provincial centres, and regular re-supply of aid post kits and education materials to communities.
- Tourism industry needs focused on safer and more reliable access to the Kokoda Track via Owers Corner and the Kokoda Airstrip.
Kokoda Track Safety Package
On 5 September, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and the PNG Minister for Tourism, Culture and the Arts, Charles Abel, announced AUD$1.8 million for the first phase of the Kokoda Track Safety Package. A second phase of major works will be informed by technical studies and funded jointly by the PNG and Australian governments. The Safety Package funding will be used to support many of the transport study recommendations.
Kokoda Track safety boost - media release, 5 September 2009
Subsidised flights
A subsidised air transport service to four centrally located villages along the Kokoda Track (Efogi, Kagi, Manari, Milei) commenced in July 2009. The idea for the flight subsidy program came from consultations with people living in the villages along the Track. It is an important step to improve access to health and education services and markets in Port Moresby with the aim to help stimulate community and economic development and increase tourism opportunities along the Track. The service is being run for an initial 12-month trial period.
More information is available at on the AusAID website .
Highest priorities |
Action |
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Kokoda Track
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Kokoda Track Authority completed a analysis in July 2009 and is finalising their report |
Kokoda Station Airstrip
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To be implemented under Kokoda Track Safety Package - Phase 1 |
Kokoda Station Airstrip
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To be considered under Kokoda Track Safety Package - Phase 2 |
Central village airstrips
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To be implemented under Kokoda Track Safety Package - Phase 1 |
Subsidised flight program
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A 12-month trial of subsidised weekly flights to four villages (Efogi, Manari, Kagi, Milei) commenced on 10 July 2009 |
Kokoda Station Road
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To be considered under Kokoda Track Safety Package - Phase 2 |
Depo to Owers Corner Road
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To be implemented under Kokoda Track Safety Package - Phase 1 |
Depo to Owers Corner Road
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To be considered under Kokoda Track Safety Package - Phase 2 |
Sogeri Road Bridge
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To be implemented under Kokoda Track Safety Package - Phase 1 |
Communications
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To be implemented under Kokoda Track Safety Package - Phase 1 |
Footbridges Build footbridges at key community and trekking crossing points |
Pilot bridge to be built under Kokoda Track Safety Package - Phase 1, with up to five more bridges scheduled for construction under Kokoda Track Safety Package - Phase 2 |
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