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TRAFFIC JAMS AND SMOG ARE HERE

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OP/ED The National INTERNATIONAL travellers last fortnight disembarked at the domestic terminal at Jackson Airport and had to walk all the way in the blazing sun back to the international arrival lounge. The reason: Every available space at the international parking area was taken up by an international-bound aircraft. This is not a one-off thing. It is a sign of things to come. Congestion is a very real challenge for planners and it had better be addressed now before it becomes a problem. Airport space is just one of many issues, many of which had been raised in this space more than once already. Little Papua New Guinea is about to be introduced to the big world. There is going to be a rude awakening and it is happening right now before our eyes. None of it should really come as a surprise. When the government started talking about the LNG project, and the billions of kina that was going to be pumped into the country, planners should have taken to the draft table and looked at everyth

TRAFFIC JAMS AND SMOG ARE HERE

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OP/ED The National INTERNATIONAL travellers last fortnight disembarked at the domestic terminal at Jackson Airport and had to walk all the way in the blazing sun back to the international arrival lounge. The reason: Every available space at the international parking area was taken up by an international-bound aircraft. This is not a one-off thing. It is a sign of things to come. Congestion is a very real challenge for planners and it had better be addressed now before it becomes a problem. Airport space is just one of many issues, many of which had been raised in this space more than once already. Little Papua New Guinea is about to be introduced to the big world. There is going to be a rude awakening and it is happening right now before our eyes. None of it should really come as a surprise. When the government started talking about the LNG project, and the billions of kina that was going to be pumped into the country, planners should have taken to the draft table and looked at eve