PEOPLE OF East Malaita Constituency will again smile as their brand new truck is expected to hit their road in the coming months.
Member of Parliament for East Malaita constituency officially received the truck from Tongs Corperation yesterday.
Deputy Prime Minister Honourable Manasseh Maelanga said his office will pay another vehicle while awaiting funds for other small project before transporting the assistance in bulk to East Malaita.
He said a 200hp excavator he received last week was also part of the transport improvement project.
Hon Maelanga explained that his office managed to secure $1.5 million from the Transport Initiative Fund known as shipping grant from the government to buy the machineries.
“My committee decided to use the Transport Initiative Fund this way as we understand that buying a ship will not benefit everyone especially my people in the Highlands,” he said.
“We have shipping services provided by other shipping companies from Honiara to Auki, so the best way is to link the connection from my in the highland to Auki and from Auki to Honiara.”
Hon Maelanga said the cost of the truck is around $4440,000 while the excavator is at $1,158, 208.
He said the remaining from the fund will be used to transport the assistance to Malaita Province.
Hon Maelanga said people in his constituency have been suffering from poor road access for the past 30 years and it has been his plan to address the issue.
He said his committee has agreed to start constructing proper road access around east Malaita constituency.
Hon Maelanga said his committee’s plan is to connect all roads in East Malaita to the provincial capital Auki.
He said the idea behind the plan is to improve economic activities in East Malaita so that people have access to government services.
Hon Maelanga said East Malaita Constituency will slowly improve in terms of economic activities as more projects are coming up.
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