FRA Likely To Co-Exist With PWD: Kamal Prasad

As stated in The People’s Alliance manifesto first 100 days in office, the FRA will be reorganised as Public Works Department with all necessary facilitation.

Wednesday 11 January 2023 | 10:17

While some functions of the Fiji Roads Authority will be absorbed by the Public Works Department, big capital projects like that of the Queen Elizabeth Drive upgrade along the Nasese foreshore will continue. Pictured is the works at Nasese in November, 2022. Photo: Fiji Roads Authority

While some functions of the Fiji Roads Authority will be absorbed by the Public Works Department, big capital projects like that of the Queen Elizabeth Drive upgrade along the Nasese foreshore will continue. Pictured is the works at Nasese in November, 2022. Photo: Fiji Roads Authority

The Fiji Roads Authority (FRA) chief executive officer, Kamal Prasad, has no clear indication of what would become of the organisation when the Public Works Department (PWD) becomes operational.

The coalition Government is working on bringing back and modernising the PWD within its first 100 days in office.

As stated in The People’s Alliance manifesto first 100 days in office, the FRA will be reorganised as Public Works Department with all necessary facilitation.

During an interview yesterday, Mr Prasad said: “We have to understand what PWD is going to be made up of. We do not know yet."

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