{"id":5425,"date":"2019-10-01T22:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T22:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/?p=5425"},"modified":"2019-10-01T22:00:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T22:00:05","slug":"fra-clarifies-on-efl-power-poles-obstructing-cycle-lanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2019\/10\/01\/fra-clarifies-on-efl-power-poles-obstructing-cycle-lanes\/","title":{"rendered":"FRA CLARIFIES ON EFL POWER POLES OBSTRUCTING CYCLE LANES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\nhas been much comment on social media about the Energy Fiji Limited (EFL) power\npoles obstructing the cycle lanes on parts of the newly opened section of Kings\nRoad from Nakasi to Rewa Bridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\nexplained at the opening of the four-lane section, there is future piece of\nwork to put cables below ground, at the back of the cycle lane. The poles\ncannot be removed until the underground cables are laid and power supplies\nreconnected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In\nthe meantime, we have closed certain sections of the cycle lane with\nbarricades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FRA could have held the opening of the four-lane road until this work had been completed but we felt it more important to open the road to four-lane traffic as soon as we could. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read Here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FRA-CLARIFIES-ON-EFL-POWER-POLES-OBSTRUCTING-CYCLE-PATHS.pdf\">FRA-CLARIFIES-ON-EFL-POWER-POLES-OBSTRUCTING-CYCLE-PATHS<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FRA-CLARIFIES-ON-EFL-POWER-POLES-OBSTRUCTING-CYCLE-PATHS.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been much comment on social media about the Energy Fiji Limited (EFL) power poles obstructing the cycle lanes on parts of the newly opened<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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