Transport in East Timor
In East Timor, transportation is reduced due to the nation's poverty, poor transportation infrastructure, and sparse communications networks. The general condition of the roads is inadequate, and telephone and Internet capabilities are still limited, especially in the countryside. The country has six airports, one of which has commercial and international flights. There are no railroads in East Timor. Railways. There are no railways in East Timor. However, a master plan for a 500 km long electrified double-track railway was proposed in 2012, with a central line from Bobonaro to Lospalos, a western corridor from  Dili to Betano and an eastern corridor from Baucau to Uatolari. Roadways. East Timor has a road network of , of which about of roads are paved, and about are unpaved. The road network includes a network of national highways numbered A01 to A14. In a 2015 survey reported by the World Bank, 57% of the rural roads were rated either bad or poor. In October 2016, the East Timorese government symbolically launched a rehabilitation project for the Dili–Manatuto–Baucau road. Construction was to be undertaken in two sections, Dili–Manatuto, and Manatuto–Baucau, in each case by a Chinese  construction company. The project was financed by the General State Budget, and also from a loan fund from the Japanese government, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). It was due to be completed in mid-2019. According to a road network connectivity quality assessment published in September 2019, the national road network already satisfactorily connected all national activity centres for all types of vehicles in circulation. However, some of the road segments needed to be improved, in terms of road width, drainage, geometric design and traffic facilities. Bridges. Two road bridges over the Comoro River link central Dili with the  west side of the city, including the Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport and the Tibar Bay port, which as at early 2022 was due to start operations later that year. The more important of these two bridges is the CPLP Bridge; its alternative, approximately to its south, is the Hinode Bridge. At the north eastern corner of central Dili, the B. J. Habibie Bridge spans the , and connects central Dili with the eastern waterfront of the Bay of Dili. This bridge, also known as the Tono Bridge, was inaugurated in 2017 as part of the ZEESM TL project in Oecusse . passenger/cargo 1 (2010) Airports. , East Timor had eight airports. The three major ones were the Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport in Dili, the Cakung or Baucau Airport in Baucau, and the Suai Airport in Suai. Only the first two of these were designed as international airports. The Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport in Dili is the main international airport. Commercial scheduled service is also provided at Suai Airport and Oecusse Airport. Local airports include Baucau Airport and Viqueque Airport. No airport in East Timor is officially available for night operations, but the government permits such operations in emergencies. Heliports . 8 (2012)