MTDP2 Goal: To improve access to and quality of healthcare. expand sport network to increase access to socioeconomic services with improved road safety. The construction of roads is important for facilitating transportation services, setting up agro-processing and SMEs, and generating income and employment in rural and urban areas. In the rural areas, it shortens the time taken to reach health and education institutions and markets, thus improving health, education and income generation. Re-building key road infrastructure will continue under MTDP2. During 2016-2017, the country will add at least 250 kilometers of national roads per year. The provinces are also expected to add 50 kilometers of road per province per year during the period. In addition, the Government will continue its emphasis on road durability (sustainability) and maintenance. Under MTDP2 the priority areas are:  Increasing the total length of national and provincial roads to cater for the needs of the people;  52.... Increasing the proportion of roads that are in good condition; Improving the assessment of major rehabilitation and new construction projects using a two staged Business Case approach to ensure value for money and enhanced socioeconomic returns for the people of Papua New Guinea; Maintaining the value of existing investments in road infrastructure through an emphasis on maintenance; Encouraging a quality-based focus on new road construction through integrated construction and maintenance contracting arrangements; Encouraging the development of industry standards on long lasting and appropriate durable materials and methodologies to improve road construction reliability; Developing policies to grow the capacity of local industry to build and sustainably maintain completed roads; and Improving road safety infrastructures. PNG MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN2 2016-2017 Indicators