Hazardous traffic signs
TRAFFIC signs provide valuable information to drivers and other road users. It represents rules that are in place to keep people safe and help to communicate messages to drivers and pedestrians that can maintain order and reduce accidents.
Neglecting the signs or having no signs at all can be dangerous that lacks clarity.
I believe the Fiji Roads Authority who are responsible for identifying erecting
No other way
WITH Australian authorities acknowledging and bracing for a new wave of COVID, should Pacific Islands including Fiji be worried?
Thousands of our people are employed in the tourism industry, let alone the other family members who depend upon these income earners.
It was a fear that appeared to have departed once our borders were opened but unfortunately this a reality we cannot ignore. Our health systems and processes were far stretched in 2020 and 2021.
At that end of the day, we simply have to live with it as there is no other way.
FLOYD ROBINSON
Nasese, Suva
The Fiji Times the administration controls are doing excellent work in implementing that together with the road markings.
However, there are road signs erected on walkways in busy foot traffic locations that are actually sitting on the pavement and have become a high priority hazards and risk.
It covers at least one third of the walking portion of the footpath that can cause an obstruction, trip or a fall. jobs abroad under Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme is a way forward and encouragement for those who are aspiring to enter the job market with relevant qualifications.
They should be given full support from parents, community and the government as they leave for a good cause. This should be their lifetime asset.
In the wake of the global job crisis to get a job, we may have to sacrifice a lot for our family and adapt ourselves in different environments.
We Fijians are well recognised to face the world in such situations with patience and dedication.
Let’s work for a better tomorrow in this time of difficulties as we grab whatever opportunities are at hand.
Youth is a gift of nature, so make the best of it as you age.
TAHIR ALI
Hamilton, New Zealand
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Apart from the hazards it creates it may not be seen from a distance by drivers and defeats the purpose of mounting it there.
Fiji Roads Authority has adapted the Association of Australian and New Zealand Transport and Traffic Authorities guideline into their procedures.
The specification in the documentation’s states that the signs must be located clear of any roadside vegetation
Nasinu player Nasoni Mereke (left) wins the ball from Seaqaqa player Savinesh Prasad during the Courts Inter District Championship finals at the HFC stadium in Suva last month. Picture: SOPHIE RALULU
Minister of Local Governments
IT was rather disappointing to read an FBC online article which sees the Minister for Local Government Premila Kumar involved in the running of private commercial businesses with regards to the Suva Handicraft and Manufacturers Association who are calling for fair allocation of tours provided to tourists from cruise ships.
Let the association and private businesses work things out amongst themselves.
Perhaps the honourable minister should focus her resources into sorting out the local governments throughout the country. You need only to drive through Lami Town to see how the town council there are failing their ratepayers. Rubbish strewn all along the verges/roadside, large trees hanging over pedestrian footpaths, safety issues within Tikaram Park, illegal taxis running, and illegal housing structures being
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In the urban areas the mounting height of such signs must be minimum of 2.5 metres on a footpath.
The mounting height shall be measured from the underside of the sign to the surface of the footpath.
These dwarf signs on footpaths are hazardous.
SATISH NAKCHED
Suva built to name a few issues. SANYA CATHERINE GAIN (MS) Lami
Economic rebound
ACCORDING to the senior economist of Westpac Fiji, the Fijian economy is well on track to rebound. (FT 11/11) He has even forecasted a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of up to 12.7 per cent. On paper, these economic estimates look excellent, but whether they will actually result in such growth by the end of 2022 is still up in the air. The Russia-Ukraine war’s effects caused major economies around the world to enter a recession.
Even more severe effects had to be felt by our small, emerging economy. It can take a little longer and move more slowly to get out of such economic turbulence.
Although optimism is a positive thing, I choose to maintain a more sober perspective.
DINESH KUMAR
Ba
THE picture of youths in
(FT 11/11) on the departure briefings for