REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, The government plans to officially open Trans-West Papua road this year. The province's governor, Dominggus Mandacan, said here on Monday the National Road Project Unit XVII West Papua is currently working hard to finish its development that will connect districts and the province.
He said he hoped the inauguration could be done soon after the Eid al-Fitr holiday and he also hoped that President Joko Widodo would be present at the ceremony.
He said he had informed about it unofficially at a meeting with the President during the latter's visit to Sorong in April. At the time President Joko Widodo gave a positive response to the plan and wished to ride a motorcycle through Trans-West Papua and Papua.
President Joko Widodo along with TNI Chief General Gatot Nurmantyo ride dirt bike in Trans Papua segment Wamena-Mamugu on Wednesday (May 10, 2017).
"I conveyed to him then that the government of West Papua would start the operation of the Trans-West Papua. He immediately responded by asking the public works minister to try it together by motorcycle from Wondama Bay through Nabire, Papua," he said.
He said no confirmation had yet been made with regard to the plan, adding however that preparations are being made for it.
"We just wait. What is certain is that preparation is being made for the opening of the Trans-West Papua. Hopefully the President would be able to come," he said.
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