Sawmiller cuts bypass access

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Waiqele Sawmill Ltd director Feroz Begg in Tabia where he believes should be used as a bypass road for heavy laden vehicles. Picture: SERAFINA SILAITOGA

DESPERATE to keep business afloat, a sawmill company in Labasa has cut a bypass road through a private farm to help transport his goods and timber to Labasa.

Waiqele Sawmill Ltd this week cut the new road through an idle piece of land with the permission of the farm owner.

The road does not cross through the Laqere Bridge which has weight restrictions.

Company director Feroz Begg said they could not afford to lose out on business so cutting another road through Soisoi Rd to Tabia Village was necessary.

“It’s through a private farm so I asked the owner and all went well and I visited the chief of Tabia Village to inform him,” he said.

“This road only reaches the side of the river near the village but we need the help of Fiji Roads Authority (FRA) to improve the condition because the rain has not helped.

“So this road is very boggy and we hope that during the dry weather, our trucks will be able to pass through this new road because we don’t have to cross the Laqere Bridge.”

Mr Begg said if FRA assisted with gravel supply along the new crossroad and installed tunnels at the river to help vehicles cross, heavy loaded vehicles could use the bypass.

“This means these vehicles carrying heavy goods don’t have to go through the Laqere Bridge.”

Questions sent to FRA on Wednesday remained unanswered.

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