Kasavu Bailey Bridge to be opened to all traffic at 2pm today

The Kasavu Bailey Bridge in Tailevu has been completed ahead of schedule and will be open to all traffic at 2pm today.

Fiji Roads Authority Chief Executive Officer John Hutchinson has confirmed that the Bailey Bridge is a single lane for buses, cars and trucks accommodating all legal load limits with a speed restriction of 15km/hour.

He adds that the FRA contractors have worked tirelessly around the clock to ensure that the Bailey Bridge was be completed ahead of schedule.

Hutchinson says that FRA is committed to keeping the major arterial roads, especially the Queens and Kings Roads open at all times and the public will no longer have to make long, tiresome detours to reach their destinations as this new Bailey Bridge will facilitate transport and business operations in the areas beyond.

He says that traffic controllers will manage traffic through the site until the traffic lights are installed at Kasavu.

FRA is advising the public to drive carefully across the new Bailey Bridge as per the posted speed limits and comply with the legal load limits.

The cost to install the Bailey Bridge solution was $398,500.