{"id":6750,"date":"2022-06-20T02:56:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T02:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/?p=6750"},"modified":"2024-04-16T03:24:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T03:24:29","slug":"6750","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/20\/6750\/","title":{"rendered":"New Matewale Bridge Restores Hope For 18 Villages In Nadroga \/ Navosa Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>20 June 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0In the next few months, more than 18 villages will benefit from the new Matewale Bridge in Nadroga\/Navosa province.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fiji Roads Authority (FRA) Chief Executive Officer Kamal Prasad says the new bridge is an important transportation link between Sigatoka town and the upper Sigatoka Valley which will connect more than 1800 people from 18 villages to the main centres.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe old low-level Matewale Crossing gets flooded and washed away during frequent wet weather events, causing great difficulties in transporting people and goods to Keyasi, Sigatoka and Nadi, especially during emergencies. The villagers have to wait for several hours or even days for floodwaters to recede before the crossing is reinstated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the old Matewale Crossing was one of the priority projects identified by FRA needing immediate replacement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe FRA aims to build resilient infrastructure that improves access for rural communities to essential services and facilities. The bridge has been designed and constructed to be 8m above the existing crossing level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Prasad said the Matewale Bridge will be completed before the starting of the next rainy season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis and work on other five more critical bridges in the Western Division are currently in progress which has been planned for completion by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said these bridges are Tavualevu Bridge, Korovou Bridge, Vuniyasi Bridge, Bulu Bridge and Yaqara Bridge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read Here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fijiroads.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NEW-MATEWALE-BRIDGE-RESTORES-HOPE-FOR-18-VILLAGES-IN-NADROGA-NAVOSA-PROVINCE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEW MATEWALE BRIDGE RESTORES HOPE FOR 18 VILLAGES IN NADROGA- NAVOSA PROVINCE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20 June 2022 \u00a0In the next few months, more than 18 villages will benefit from the new Matewale Bridge in Nadroga\/Navosa province. 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