Preliminary Engineering
Assessment Report for Small Malaita Constituency
Small Malaita Constituency Office
(SMCO) has received the Preliminary Engineering Assessment Report from the Director
Engineering and Infrastructure Development of the Ministry of Rural Development
on Monday17th August 2015. The report was initiated by Hon. Rick Hou
on the need to prepare proper infrastructure plan towards the development of
the Afio Economic Growth Centre (EGC) and its supporting infrastructure development
projects.
The
handing over of the report was witnessed by the SMC Officers including Hon.
Rick Houenipwela, MP for Small Malaita Constituency (SMC). Also present at the
handover ceremony was the SMC Technical Team and few other constituents.
In
a statement, the SMC Office said that the assessment report is a result of the visions
and active involvement of the current Member of Parliament for Small Malaita,
Hon. Rick Houenipwela as he sees this is important for the long term
development goal of the SMC Development Plan. The statement says, the report
will be pursued to be included under the SI Infrastructure Development Program.
When
handing over the report to the Constituency Development Officer (CDO) of SMC, the
Director Engineering and Infrastructure Development of the Ministry of Rural
Development, Mr. Allen Ilia, stated that the completion of the report is the
result of many days of field survey in Small Malaita and was made possible with
the help of the SMCO, chiefs and elders in Small Malaita who are desperate to
see tangible development on the island.
In
receiving the report the CDO stressed that the development of road alignment in
SMC is a long term plan and this is just the beginning of scoping work which
will continue on the Infrastructure Development Program that will cover the
whole island. He called on the people of Small Malaita to work together and
allow their land for the proposed road transportation network.
In
his acknowledgment remarks the CDO thanked the Director Engineering and
Infrastructure Development of the Ministry of Rural Development, Mr. Allen Ilia
for his diligent work in conducting a preliminary engineering assessment for
the proposed road network in SMC.
--SMCO PRESS
