Kessy Sawang, the Member of Parliament for the Rai Coast in Papua New Guinea, has demanded that roads and bridges in her electorate be treated as a funding priority. She wants the national government to direct the Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme toward urgent transport works in her district. Her call comes just as a decade-long tax exemption for the Ramu Nickel project has ended. With the exemption now over, tax revenue tied to the project can flow toward schemes that pay for infrastructure. Sawang is pressing the government to ensure that money reaches the Rai Coast, where the need for roads and bridges is described as urgent. The Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme lets companies put their tax obligations toward approved infrastructure projects. The MP's move links the fortunes of a major mining project directly to the state of her constituents' transport routes.