Fiji Roads Authority has confirmed that the two Tropical Depressions, TD04F and TD14F over the last two months has resulted in record torrential rain that has led to deteriorating road conditions across the Northern Division
FRA Chief Executive John Hutchinson says that maintenance crews in the Northern Division are struggling to maintain the road conditions during this prolonged periods of rain.
Hutchinson says the wet road network and continuous rain experienced in the past few weeks is delaying the Fulton Hogan Hiways ability to carry out repair work on roads.
He says that reports of water logged roads, buses being bogged down, flooded Irish crossings are some of the issues that FRA and Fulton Hogan are having to deal with.
Hutchinson says the FRA has also received concerns about logging operators carting logs on these roads and worsening road conditions.
Fulton Hogan Contract Manager North Ryan Couchman says continuous rain over the past few weeks has made it extremely difficult for them to deploy their road crews to badly affected areas.
Couchman says on days when there is a break in the weather, Fulton Hogan Hiways’ 150 odd staff are on standby to carry out quick repair works in affected areas.
Some of the roads affected included Qelemumu Road, Vunivutu Road, Naiviqiri Road, Nawaido Road, Banikea Road, Dradramea Road, Lutukina Road and the Delaikoro Road
