The New Bau Road

Amrit Singh, Bau Road Gone are the days that Bau Road had potholes after the road was refurbished in 2014 by Fulton Hogan Hiways.

A new seal was laid along with cement for reinforcement and drainage was dug again by machinery in 2017.

The new streetlights will soon be fully operational because they are now installing them along Bau Road.

Hence, the process to cut a new road near the airport from Nadali to Bau Road is going well, but it has all the unnecessary twists and bends.

Old Bau Road leading to the airport and Nausori town is straight. So were the surveying people well equipped when doing the survey for such a busy road?

The new road is being built on a swampy area where rain always caused flooding. Ask the Nadali people and they will tell you about that place.

Therefore, I hope the road will be built so that during torrential rainfall the road does not get flooded like Waituri Road. In my lifetime I have never seen Bau Road underwater. But the way the new road is shaping I grow more and more anxious for it to be completed and the rain to come. Also, the upgrade done to the Bau Road along Naitalasese is now degrading because in just four years a lot of potholes are visible.

It is just another waste of money resealing roads.

The parts of roads which are prone to be washed away in rainy weather can be rebuilt with cement.

The portion which is eroding can be made of cement.

It will last long and stay strong, thus saving billions of dollars spent on our roads. Feedback: jyotip@fijisun.com.fj