"Tonga's roads and drainage are less than likely to be sustainable" says ADB Featured
Road at Niumate Tongatapu
7 January, 2017. Improvements to Tonga's roads and drainage are "less than likely to be sustainable" if not maintained, warns the Asian Development Bank.
The ADB contributed $US5 million to the Nuku'alofa improvement project.
An ADB report says there's doubt the Government recognised the importance of maintenance of the improved assets.
Matangi Tonga reports continual maintenance of the drainage system is considered essential by the design engineers so it could do its job during periods of heavy rainfall.
The report reveals that cancellation of plans and reallocation of funds had compromised the goals of the five-year project.
The Sopu drainage channel was cancelled and funds were reallocated from core projects to non-core sub-projects in the Tonga Integrated Urban Development Sector Project, started in 2008.
The report notes that changes, overlaps with a Chinese-funded aid project and reorganisation of the government's Ministry of Works, created set-backs for the project.There was also missing information which cast doubts over its future even though the project was completed on time and within the approved budget.
-RNZI
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Koe natula totonu pe 'ena 'oe ng polokalama tokoni 'oku fkhoko, 'ihe funga 'oe ng Tokoni mei muli ?
'Oku mahino aupito pe 'etau tu'u tamaki fkpa'anga, ke fkhoko 'aki 'ae ng monomono 'I ha polokalama/project kuo lava ha ngaue pe kuo fkhoko ?
Koe taimi Lahi 'oku tau holi, pe fkamu ke tatau pe 'ae me'a kotoa moe ngaue tanu hala pe fktafenga vai 'ihe ng Fonua muli ? ka 'oku 'ikai ke tau malava hotau Ivi Fkpa'anga ke fkhoko ? Malo moe 'Ofa mai 'ae ng Tokoni mei Muli. -
Faka'amu ne 'omai kotoa e lippoti mei he ADB heni ke lave'i 'e he kakai e fonua, he koe meimei talanoa tatau mei he poloseki langafakalakalaka kotoa. Pea koe ngaahi palopalema pe 'ena:
1) No plan for continual maintenance. Fakahaa mai ko 'etau to'onga fakakaukau 'oku 'ikai kau e maintenance ia ai. Koe langa pe ha me'a pea huufi/hopoki pea ngaue'aki leva ke a'u ki he tu'unga 'oku fengataliaki e me'a kotoa. Pea ko e hulu pe e maumau, pea li'aki leva ia kae toe fakasio ha tokoni mei ha feitu'u ke langa ha me'a fo'ou.
'Oku lahi e ngaahi talafakataa: Government schools such as Tonga High School, 'Atele Indoor Stadium, Sidewalks along Taufa'ahau Halavaha'akolo roads, Teufaiva (gymnasium, stadium. and race tracks), Public conveniences around Nuku'alofa, ngaahi vaka 'ae pule'anga, Falemahaki Vaiola, etc, etc,
2) Cancellation of original plans and funds are being reallocated elsewhere. Kuo tuku e me'a ia ne taumu'a ki ai e poloseki kae afe'i mai e seniti ia 'o fakamoleki ia he ngaahi me'a 'oku 'ikai ha'anau kaakunga ki he taumu'a e poloseki. At the end, its more about ensuring that the aid funds are spent (within the project timeframe) than solving development problems.
3) 'Ikai ke ava ke 'ai ha founga ke lava ke fakamavahevahe'i e ngaahi tokoni kehekehe 'oku nau ngaue ki he ngahi palopalema tatau. 'Oku lahi e ngaahi 'uhinga ka 'oku meimei tuhu kotoa e ngaahi 'uhinga ki he si'isi'i hotau ivi ke fai e ngaue ne palani ke 'osi he taimi pau ne palani. He kapau ne tau lava 'o fakakakato e ngaahi ngaue 'oku fiema'u he taimi ne palani ke fai ai e ngaue, pea he'ikai lava ke fai ha 'overlap' he taimi ke 'osi/kamata e ngaahi ngaue kehekehe.
4) Reorganisation/restructuing of government ministries. 'Oku lahi ke hoko 'eni he taimi 'oku liliu ai e pule'anga. 'A ia 'oku taimi leva ke fakakaukau'i e ngaahi poloseki pe 'e lava ke 'osi kotoa pe kimu'a he taimi e ngaingali liliu ai e pule'anga.
'Oku mahu'inga ke lave'i 'ehe tokotaha ngaue fakapule'anga moe contractor kotoa e faingamalie ke liliu e fa'ungapule he fonua, pea ke nau lava 'o 'osiki e ngaahi ngaue 'pku fiema'u 'ehe ngaahi poloseki kimu'a pea fai ha liliu fakapolitikale.
Koe fakamuimanoa, 'oku tau fu'u faka'ofa he 'oku 'asi mai 'etau ta'epalani moe mo'ui fakafalala pe he tokoni mei muli.