Work has been completed to strengthen the Bau Landing and  as associated road maintenance leading to and around the jetty area as part of the Fiji Roads Authority (FRA) plan to strengthen the road network in the area.

Working under FRA’s maintenance programme, Fulton Hogan Hiways Rewa Depot Supervisor, Suliasi Lesianavanua, who is in charge of the road work, said 280 metres of the Bau Landing Road beginning from where the old jetty begins has been resheeted, graded and compacted; two culverts installed; and water channels on both sides of the road have been cleared.

FHH Project Engineer responsible for the maintenance of the Landing, Wian Cadle, said that a crane was used to install three 25-metre long beams beneath the jetty to reinforce the structure and five steel plates were laid on the jetty’s surface.

Recent work in the area by FHH has included raised roads to prevent flooding at Tubalevu, Raralevu, Wainibuku and Vuci villages as well as culvert installations at the farm roads at Naduru and Korociriciri.