LHOKNGA, 09 May 2005 - US deputy secretary of state Robert Zoellick signed an agreement on Sunday to build a $245 million road along Aceh’s western coast, one of the first of many huge projects to rebuild the Indonesian province after the devastating December 26 tsunami. The 240-km (150-mile) highway will connect Aceh’s provincial capital, Banda Aceh, with the city of Meulaboh, which was almost wiped out by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and the biggest tsunami ever recorded.

"Our aid mission can offer patterns for private sector projects," Mr Zoellick told foreign journalists under the shadow of a giant coal barge and a freight ship that were swept onto this beach from kilometres out to sea. "We’re talking under a big coal barge that was thrust onto the beach, so it’s not your usual project," he said, adding the construction will also feature 113 bridges and culvert crossings.

"There’s been a problem in the past with corruption in Indonesia," Mr Zoellick said. "The world’s eyes are on Indonesia in the expenditure of funds. So far they have been extremely careful."

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