By RODRICK DESURI
Auki
The Trades Transportation Company has completed repair work on four wooden bridges along the South Road in Malaita Province.
The wooden bridges were repaired after road users and vehicle owners raised concerns over the bridges’ strength, as they were built long ago.
In a media release yesterday, the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) thanked the Trades Transformation Company (TTC) for successfully repairing the four key timber bridges along the South Road.
The Trades Transformation Company is also grateful that the bridges have been repaired to improve safety and accessibility for road users across the Central Region of Malaita Province.
MID encourages the community near the road assets to take ownership and look after them.
“I encourage the community members living near these bridges to look after them. These are road assets for the good of all travelers on the South Road,” he said.
It was said that another bridge is slated for repair soon, though it is under the contingency allocations.
In the meantime, the repair and maintenance of the Maoa to Hauhui section (33km) will be completed soon.
The bridges repair work, road upgrade and maintenance are possible through the National Transport Fund (Australia) and the World Bank; building durable climate-resilient infrastructure.
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