The Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea has 3 major national
highways. The locations of these national highways are shown in
Figure 1. The Highlands Highway begins at Lae City on the coast
and passes through the Highlands towns of Goroka, Kundiawa
and Mt Hagen. It terminates at Togoba approximately 10km out
of Mt Hagen town. The Enga Highway begins at Togoba and passes through the towns
of Wapenamanda, Wabag and Laiagam. It terminates at the giant
Porgera Gold Mine. The Southern Highlands Highway also begins at Togoba and
passes through the major towns of Mendi, and Tari. It terminates
at Koroba station, near the Hides Gas Field. Two separate Feeder
roads intersecting the main highway service both the Kutubu Oil
Project and the Hides Gas Field. These national Highways play a very important role in the
development of Papua New Guinea. Goods and services are
delivered to the bulk of the population of the Highlands Region
using these highways. Heavy machinery and equipment for the
mining and petroleum projects of Porgera, Hides and Kutubu are
transported using these roads.