POPULATION OUTGROWING CITY
NATIONAL OP/ED PORT Moresby has been growing at a furious pace. The growth rate is so fast that it has outstripped all physical planning for the city. Port Moresby, the boom town, is heading for congestion and overcrowding. It is a public emergency that is staring at the government and city planners in the face daily. In another year, traffic congestion, which is heavy now, will be so thick it will take hours to get from one end of town to another. Having arrived, the problem of finding a parking space will be so great that people will double or triple-park in one space resulting in possible angry and violent scenes. Open public spaces, already shrunk to almost nil, will be non-existent. Parks and gardens will be rare. Sporting fields will be converted into buildings and in-door sports will become common. There will be no space for additional buildings, and restrictions on high-rise buildings will be lifted as builders struggle for height to add space. Present limitations at 10-storeys