Speed humps to be installed in areas where speeding could be a concern

The Fiji Roads Authority is currently working on installing speed humps at appropriate sites.

This was highlighted by the FRA Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Moore who says that this is dependent on resources and site investigation to determine matters such as daily traffic volume on a particular road where speed humps are required, the frequency of speeding incidents along that road, the risk to road users in the absence of speed humps, existing pedestrian facilities and the percentage of vehicles exceeding the speed limit on a daily basis.

Moore also stressed that speed humps are not the instant cure for all traffic issues.

He says LTA determines, imposes and enforces speed limits only through speed cameras on roads and FRA installs speed humps in areas where speeding could be a concern.

Moore says FRA is responsible for provision, installation and maintenance of speed control measures and all associated signage on roads.

He says FRA gives priority to installing speed humps outside schools, civic centers and on the entryway to villages on major highways.

Moore says there is a detailed program of future works to ensure that this is rolled out across Fiji adding that infrastructure measures such as signs and line markings are the most appropriate and most effective treatments and installation of infrastructure such as speed humps is a last resort when all other measures have failed.