BY SAMIE WAIKORI

Malaita provincial government says it will find a donor to fund the tar-sealing of the road from Kiluufi to Gwounaru in Auki.

This is the only segment of the road not covered in the tar-seal programmes for Auki town and parts of South and East roads funded by donor partners.

In an interview, Premier Elijah Asilaua affirmed the commitment of his government to pursue support from donors towards tar-sealing Kilu’ufi/Gwounaru road.

He said there are three tar-seal and road pavement programmes for the province funded by three separate donors.

Asilaua said Australia will fund the 22km road from Auki to Bina, SIRAP will fund the 70km road pavement from Gwounaru to east Malaita road and PRC will fund the Auki township road network to Kilu’ufi junction.

Kilu’ufi/Gwounaru road is approximately 4km.

Asilaua said his government is looking into the matter and plans to approach PRC, as one of the potential partners with the Kilu’ufi/Gwounaru tar-seal project.      

He said as long as his government puts in place a plan for the project, they will submit the proposal to PRC for consideration.