{"id":1381,"date":"2017-01-17T21:19:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T21:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2017-01-17T21:19:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T21:19:12","slug":"bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/","title":{"rendered":"BAU TIKINA ACCESS ROAD CLOSED TO ALL HEAVY VEHICLES INCLUDING BUSES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>18 January <\/strong><strong>2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Bau Tikina Access Road is closed to all heavy vehicles including buses.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming this, Fiji Roads Authority Chief Executive Officer John Hutchinson says the buses will continue to use the existing setup at Kasavu, on Kings Road, disembarking passengers who will need to board a second bus on the other side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decision ensures that the FRA is preventing any accident or incident that may put the lives of the travelling public in danger. This will also contribute towards easing the flow of traffic and ensuring traffic safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the Bau Tikina Access Road is an emergency by-pass route that was opened up to provide alternative access on the network as a result of the slip at Kasavu closing Kings Road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bau Tikina Access Road remains open to vehicles up to a maximum weight restriction of 18 tonnes, excluding buses carrying public passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Hutchinson has advised motorists to expect delays and inconvenience and has thanked the public for their patience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bau-Tikina-Access-Road-Closed-To-Heavy-Vehicles-1.pdf\">Bau Tikina Access Road Closed To Heavy Vehicles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_9294-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9294\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18 January 2016 The Bau Tikina Access Road is closed to all heavy vehicles including buses. Confirming this, Fiji Roads Authority Chief Executive Officer John Hutchinson<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BAU TIKINA ACCESS ROAD CLOSED TO ALL HEAVY VEHICLES INCLUDING BUSES - Fiji Roads Authority<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BAU TIKINA ACCESS ROAD CLOSED TO ALL HEAVY VEHICLES INCLUDING BUSES - Fiji Roads Authority\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"18 January 2016 The Bau Tikina Access Road is closed to all heavy vehicles including buses. Confirming this, Fiji Roads Authority Chief Executive Officer John Hutchinson [\u2026]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fiji Roads Authority\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-17T21:19:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/tiker-1-1-e1713324213440.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"646\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/17\\\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/17\\\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9a3520b8a78fc9ec89b283dc0654178a\"},\"headline\":\"BAU TIKINA ACCESS ROAD CLOSED TO ALL HEAVY VEHICLES INCLUDING BUSES\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-17T21:19:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/17\\\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":184,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/17\\\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/tiker-1-1-e1713324213440.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Media Release\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/17\\\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/17\\\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/17\\\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\\\/\",\"name\":\"BAU TIKINA ACCESS ROAD CLOSED TO ALL HEAVY VEHICLES INCLUDING BUSES - Fiji Roads Authority\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/17\\\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/17\\\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/tiker-1-1-e1713324213440.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-17T21:19:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9a3520b8a78fc9ec89b283dc0654178a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/17\\\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/17\\\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/17\\\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/tiker-1-1-e1713324213440.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/tiker-1-1-e1713324213440.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":646},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/17\\\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BAU TIKINA ACCESS ROAD CLOSED TO ALL HEAVY VEHICLES INCLUDING BUSES\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Fiji Roads Authority\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9a3520b8a78fc9ec89b283dc0654178a\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6223269786c8eba08e0aca986905badaff21385c6ca3069f9473e28b806706d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6223269786c8eba08e0aca986905badaff21385c6ca3069f9473e28b806706d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6223269786c8eba08e0aca986905badaff21385c6ca3069f9473e28b806706d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fijiroads.org\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/webmedia\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BAU TIKINA ACCESS ROAD CLOSED TO ALL HEAVY VEHICLES INCLUDING BUSES - Fiji Roads Authority","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BAU TIKINA ACCESS ROAD CLOSED TO ALL HEAVY VEHICLES INCLUDING BUSES - Fiji Roads Authority","og_description":"18 January 2016 The Bau Tikina Access Road is closed to all heavy vehicles including buses. Confirming this, Fiji Roads Authority Chief Executive Officer John Hutchinson [\u2026]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/","og_site_name":"Fiji Roads Authority","article_published_time":"2017-01-17T21:19:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":646,"url":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/tiker-1-1-e1713324213440.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9a3520b8a78fc9ec89b283dc0654178a"},"headline":"BAU TIKINA ACCESS ROAD CLOSED TO ALL HEAVY VEHICLES INCLUDING BUSES","datePublished":"2017-01-17T21:19:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/"},"wordCount":184,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/tiker-1-1-e1713324213440.jpg","articleSection":["Media Release"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/","url":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/","name":"BAU TIKINA ACCESS ROAD CLOSED TO ALL HEAVY VEHICLES INCLUDING BUSES - Fiji Roads Authority","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/tiker-1-1-e1713324213440.jpg","datePublished":"2017-01-17T21:19:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9a3520b8a78fc9ec89b283dc0654178a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/tiker-1-1-e1713324213440.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/tiker-1-1-e1713324213440.jpg","width":1080,"height":646},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/bau-tikina-access-road-closed-to-all-heavy-vehicles-including-buses\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BAU TIKINA ACCESS ROAD CLOSED TO ALL HEAVY VEHICLES INCLUDING BUSES"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/","name":"Fiji Roads Authority","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9a3520b8a78fc9ec89b283dc0654178a","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6223269786c8eba08e0aca986905badaff21385c6ca3069f9473e28b806706d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6223269786c8eba08e0aca986905badaff21385c6ca3069f9473e28b806706d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6223269786c8eba08e0aca986905badaff21385c6ca3069f9473e28b806706d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/author\/webmedia\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-11 13:48:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}