NCDC City Hall has assured business houses, vehicle owners, drivers, commuters, and other road users that the full rehabilitation of the Waigani Drive to Gerehu Casio Circle (roundabout) is progressing well. The road work costs the National Capital District Commission (NCDC) K24million and is expected to be completed by November this year. NCD Governor Powes Parkop said controlling the heavy traffic whilst working on the road corridor by the contractor Global Constructions Limited was not an easy job, but the construction work is halfway through. Governor Parkop said compared to a 12-night asphalt overlaying work by Hebou on the Boroko Drive, the scope for Waigani Drive was full rehabilitation. This means earth works, pavements, pipe replacements, drainage and sealing. He added that the road was sealed more than 20 years ago so it has reached its lifespan. Meanwhile, Governor Parkop said NCDC has engaged a handful of contractors working on several other roads citywide to ease traffic congestion and lift the landscape of both Motu Koitabu villages and the city. They include Koki’s Haley Parade, PX compound at 6-Mile, NPF compound, Baruni Village road, Tatana village crossway road and Gerehu four-lane road. Gerehu four-lane road is not completed yet on time due to delay in relocation of power poles and lines. Governor Parkop added that local contractors were maintaining existing roads and drainages to high standards with quality materials day and night to avoid repeat of flash flooding on the roads and drainages in future.