{"id":4736,"date":"2019-02-19T06:19:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T06:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/?p=4736"},"modified":"2019-02-19T06:19:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T06:19:23","slug":"heavy-rain-causes-road-closure-in-the-western-and-northern-divisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2019\/02\/19\/heavy-rain-causes-road-closure-in-the-western-and-northern-divisions\/","title":{"rendered":"HEAVY RAIN CAUSES ROAD CLOSURE IN THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN DIVISIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HEAVY RAIN CAUSES ROAD CLOSURE IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN DIVISIONS<\/p>\n<p>15 February 2019<br \/>\nFor Immediate Release<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome crossing and roads remain closed to all traffic as they are still under water following the heavy rain in the Western and Northern Divisions,\u201d says Fiji Roads Authority Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Moore.<\/p>\n<p>He said the FRA is continuing to closely monitor the road situation in the two divisions. We are urging the public to please refrain from attempting to cross flooded roads, crossings and bridges and use alternative routes where possible.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public can contact Fiji Roads Authority on 5720 if they have queries regarding the affected roads and crossings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HEAVY-RAIN-CAUSES-ROAD-CLOSURE-IN-THE-WESTERN-AND-NORTHERN-DIVISION.pdf\">HEAVY RAIN CAUSES ROAD CLOSURE IN THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN DIVISIONS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HEAVY RAIN CAUSES ROAD CLOSURE IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN DIVISIONS 15 February 2019 For Immediate Release \u201cSome crossing and roads remain closed to all traffic<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4736","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 - 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