FRA completes phase one of road improvement works on close to 100 roads under the Rip and Remake programme however speeding has now become a concern

The Fiji Roads Authority says it has completed phase one of major road improvement works on close to 100 roads in the Central, Northern and Western Division under the Rip and Remake programme in the last 12 months however speeding has now become a concern on these newly sealed roads.

FRA Acting Chief Executive Officer Kamal Prasad says the implemented roadworks have significantly improved the level of service of the existing 400 lane kilometres of sealed roads directly contributing to the improved road user safety and traffic flow.

However he says it has been brought to FRA’s attention that the drivers are speeding on these improved sections of roads endangering their lives and the lives of other road users.

FRA is pleading to drivers to follow the posted road speeds.

He says they are now working on the next set of 100 roads under the programme.

Prasad says the works will progress in a similar fashion and they expect to surpass the achievements of the last 12 months.

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.