Upgrade benefits residents living along Valebasoga Feeder road

Upgrade benefits residents living along Valebasoga Feeder road

By Nirupa Siwan
24/07/2015
Valebasoga Feeder Road in Labasa

60 years of struggle for residents living along the Valebasoga Feeder Road in Labasa has come to an end as the 1.7km road has been transformed.

The Fulton Hogan Hiways Labasa Depot Crew cleared the drainage, graded and gravelled the feeder road that connects to the main Valebasoga Road.

Fulton Hogan Hiways supervisor, Jashneet Deo says before the road was very narrow and some of the culverts were missing. 

He says farmers were always trying to avoid potholes travelling to the Labasa market, 6 kilometres away, or in the crushing season, to the Labasa sugar mill which is 5 kilometres away.

Deo says during the rainy season, the road conditions were even worse making it dangerously slippery.

He says it is now much safer for vehicles and students.

He says that FHH is working closely with the Fiji Roads Authority to improve access to markets for the rural sectors.

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