The Fiji Roads Authority (FRA) has completed major road improvement works on close to 100 roads in the Central, Northern and Western divisions.
This is part of phase one of the authority’s Rip and Remake program in the last 12 months.
FRA acting chief executive officer Kamal Prasad said the implemented roadworks had significantly improved the level of service of existing 400 lane kilometres of sealed roads directly contributing to the improved road user safety and traffic flow.
“However, it has been brought to FRA’s attention that the drivers are over speeding on these improved sections of roads endangering their lives and the lives of other road users,” Mr Prasad said.
“FRA is pleading to drivers to follow the posted road speeds so that everyone can safely make it to their destination by road.”
He said they were now working on the next set of 100 roads under the program.
The works will progress in a similar fashion and it is expected to surpass the achievements of the last 12 months.
“Although these works do not require a full closure of roads, but motorists must allow for momentary closure in their plan when using these active sites.”
The phase two of the major works entails applying another layer of macadam to the sections of the roads that had been successfully resurfaced in the phase one works.
