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Road rehabilitation works has commenced on Ratu Sukuna Road.
Fiji Roads Authority (FRA) Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Moore says they are providing more economical and sustainable road maintenance treatments to many sections of the roads that are in a poor state of repair.
Rehabilitation is the process through which the surface is removed and the subbase is mixed with cement to provide a more durable structure. Once the subbase is stable a thin layer of asphalt is applied.
All works are expected to be completed by the end of June.
Going forward, Mr Moore said the FRA will continue with its ‘rehabilitate, not repair’ approach to the roads and, in spite of what is obviously going be a budgetary challenging year, they will be carrying out this work throughout Fiji.
The selection criteria for road rehabilitation are based on three considerations (these are equally applicable to sealed and unsealed roads):
- Hazard assessment of drivability
- Degree of deterioration – a binary decision over repair of rehabilitate
- The volume of traffic affected by the deteriorated section of road.
“Over the next few weeks, the FRA will be commencing rehabilitation works on selected sections at Princes Road, Fletcher Road, Nabua commercial area, Waimanu Road among others,” Mr Moore said.
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