THE West-bound lane of the Kukum Hot-bread roundabout was opened for traffic use as of Monday, following its completion over the weekend.
This is the fifth component of the multi-million dollar project.
The project is funded by the Japanese Government and it will be managed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). It costs more than SBD $200 million.
The Project Components are:
- Upgrading of the Kukum Highway from Honiara City Roundabout to the Ministry of Fisheries;
- Countermeasure against traffic congestion around the Central Market;
- Improvement of the Honiara City Council Roundabout;
- Widening of the Mataniko 2-Lane Bridge;
- Replace Old Mataniko Bailey Bridge with a 2-Lane concrete structure; and
- Soft Component
It was understood that work on the Vura junction is currently progressing well, after the work on phase one to four evolvements.
The opening of the west-bound lane is to allow the workers to continue on with the remaining stages of the roundabout.
Following the opening of the west-bound lane of the roundabout yesterday, there are overwhelming reactions from the members of the public, most especially road users.
The project is expected to be completed by November 2018.
