Be patient with the current road conditions - PM

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is urging the people of Fiji to be patient with the current road conditions around the country.

Speaking at the opening of the new Coqeloa bridge in Labasa, Bainimarama says since December last year Fiji has been affected by a series of tropical depressions which has worsened the road conditions.

Bainimarama says the government is doing the best they can to fix this.

Bainimarama adds that the Fiji Roads Authority has completed 110 kilometres of the Savusavu and Buca Bay road and resealing the roads in Labasa.

The Prime Minister opened the new 95 metre long bridge in Coqeloa which costs $4.39 million.

More than 3,500 people including school students will benefit from this new bridge.

Some students have lost their lives after falling off the old wooden bridge in previous years.

Coqeloa Advisory Councillor Navin Dutt Sharma says people from Naleba, Ranibulu and Raranikawai will also benefit from the new bridge.

Sharma says there was a very old wooden bridge which used to get slippery during the rainy season.

There are two schools in Coqeloa which include Coqeloa Primary School and Naleba College.

Sharma highlights that farmers will also be able to transport their vegetables