Trans-Papua Highway

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Trans-Papua Highway
Jalan Raya Trans-Papua (Indonesian)
Route information
Length4,325 km (2,687 mi)
Major junctions
South endMerauke, Papua
ToSorong, West Papua
Location
CountriesIndonesia
Major citiesManokwari, Nabire, Tanahmerah, Bintuni, Wamena, etc
Highway system
Asian Highway Network

The Trans-Papua Highway (Indonesian: Jalan Raya Trans-Papua) refers to 12 road segments, some under construction, across Papua and West Papua provinces of Indonesia, located in the island of New Guinea. The roads stretch from Sorong to Merauke with a total length of 4,325 km (2,687 mi).[1] As of March 2017, 3,850 km (2,390 mi) of roads had been completed[2] and construction on all the roads was predicted to finish in 2018,[3] but construction was delayed in late 2018 due to armed conflict.

The completed road segments include 884 out of Indonesia's 1,068 km border road with Papua New Guinea.[4] As of May 2017, the remaining parts of the road, including 7,000 meters of bridges, were planned to be completed in 2017 and 2018,[5] although not all of the road has been layered by asphalt. As of October 2020, the road was only 200–300 km from completion.[6]

Road segments[]

In West Papua[]

Unpaved Sorong-Maybrat-Manokwari segment of Trans-Papua Highway, West Papua.

There are 4 road segments in West Papua:[1]

In Papua[]

Paved section of Trans-Papua Highway connecting Deiyai and Mimika

There are 8 road segments in Papua with a length of 2,345.40 km (1,457.36 mi), which in end of October 2019, only 31.96 km is not yet connected, 874,45 km layered with asphalt, and 1.465,46 km yet to be layered with asphalt.[7]

  • Segment I: Kwatisore-Nabire, 208.10 kilometers
  • Segment II: Nabire-Wagete-Enarotali, 275.50 kilometers
  • Segment III: Enarotali-Ilaga-Mulia-Wamena, 469.48 kilometers
  • Segment IV: Wamena-Eleum-Jayapura, 447.22 kilometers
  • Segment V: Wamena-Habema-Kenyam-Mumugi, 271.60 kilometers
  • Segment VI: Kenyam-Dekai, 217.90 kilometers
  • Segment VII: Dekai-Oksibil, 231.60 kilometers
  • Segment VIII: Wagete-Timika, 224.00 kilometers

Impact[]

Connections of the road opened access to many isolated regions in Papua & West Papua, which has not been possible previously.[8] According to Mongabay, while the road brings benefit to native Papuans in terms of availibility of goods and access to healthcare facilities, the road also has potentially harmful consequences such as opening way for illegal logging, intensifying contacts between several tribes that could lead to tribal conflicts, and leaving previously isolated towns and villages economically dominated by those from bigger cities.[9][10][8] Analyst of public policies, Agus Pambagio argued that the construction should be advised by anthropologist to take cultural factors into account.[11] The road is also feared to damage Lorentz National Park, which is a protected natural area.[12] Papuan governor Lukas Enembe criticized the road construction, saying that the road mostly has not been used by native Papuans.[13] Armed wing of Free Papua Movement rejected the road construction, saying that it is used for military purposes.[14][15]

Incident[]

Main article: Nduga massacre

During the construction of the highway at least 20 construction workers in Nduga were killed by gunmen affiliated with Free Papua Movement,[16] who claimed the highway was meant for military enforcement rather than economic benefit, and was built by military members disguised as civilian workers.[15] As of December 2018, the project is suspended temporarily due to security concerns.[17] In late January 2019, about two months after the attack, project managers said construction would resume using combat engineers from the Indonesian miliarty.[18] About a month later in March, another attack took place by the Free Papua Movement on Indonesian soldiers.[19]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Jalan Trans Papua Telah Dibangun, Tudingan Natalius Pigai Keliru". Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "Trans-Papua road set to be completed next year". March 7, 2017.
  3. ^ Dana Aditiasari. "Ini Penampakan Jalan Trans Papua". Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "Jalan Trans Papua Membentang di Atas Pegunungan". March 7, 2017.
  5. ^ "Trans Papua, Membelah Gunung Menuruni Lembah". May 10, 2017.
  6. ^ Elisabeth, Asrida (2020-10-05). "Jalan Trans Papua Hampir Semua Terhubung, Dampak bagi Orang Papua dan Lingkungan?". Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  7. ^ Hilda B Alexander (October 28, 2019). "Tinggal 31,96 Kilometer Lagi, Seluruh Trans Papua Tersambung".
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "Adriana Elisabeth on the Conflict in West Papua". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  9. ^ "Jalan Trans Papua Hampir Semua Terhubung, Dampak bagi Orang Papua dan Lingkungan?". Mongabay Environmental News. 2020-10-05. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  10. ^ SUARAKARYA.ID. "Warga Sorong Rasakan Manfaat Jalan Trans Papua Sorong-Merauke". SUARAKARYA.ID. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  11. ^ Media, Kompas Cyber (2021-03-15). "Antropolog Harus Dilibatkan, Jangan Sampai Jalan Trans-Papua Jadi Karpet Merah buat Pembalak Liar". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  12. ^ "Catatan Untuk Pembangunan Jalan Trans Papua". kumparan (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  13. ^ "Lukas Enembe: Jalan Trans Papua Bukan untuk Orang Papua".
  14. ^ Okezone (2018-12-05). "OPM Tak Mau Pembangunan Jalan Trans Papua tapi Ingin Kemerdekaan : Okezone News". https://news.okezone.com/ (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-05-21. External link in |website= (help)
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b "West Papua: conflicting reports surround attack that killed up to 31". The Guardian. 5 December 2018.
  16. ^ Post, The Jakarta. "Papua mass killing: What happened". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  17. ^ Post, The Jakarta. "Trans-Papua road project suspended amid worsening security". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  18. ^ "Indonesian military to complete Trans-Papua Highway". Radio New Zealand. 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  19. ^ "TNI soldiers killed in clash with West Papua liberation army". Jakarta Post. 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
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