Progress of Rewa Bridge

New Road Around

Viti Levu

From Our Own Correspondent SUVA, February 27.

VyORK on the Sigatoka Road and the Rewa Bridge is making steady progress, says the Director of Public Works (Mr. W. Wise). A labour short age and exceptionally wet weather have caused delays.

There is only one more ridge to cut through before the Sigatoka road will be on to the Navua flats, where the going will be comparatively easy. There are three road-building units and a big bridging gang at work. Of the 62 bridges on the road when completed, 21 (some of them large) have been finished, and six are under construction.

When this is completed, the road will extend right round Viti Levu, and will constitute a great tourist attraction. The visitor will be able to go right round, from Suva to Suva, without duplicating any of the route.

Good progress is also being made with the bridge over the Rewa River. Five of the 12 spans have been completed.

The work is more than half finished, as two additional piers are practically complete and another is under way. All materials have now arrived from Eng land.

Difficulty has been experienced in the sinking of some of the caissons, due to encountering a layer of soft clay half way across the river. To meet this, the cylinders have had to be carried deeper than anticipated, in some cases about 80 feet below the water level.

Mr. A. E. Barker, Secretary to the Methodist Mission in Fiji, was a passen ger for Suva by the Monterey from Sydney early in February.