Urgent Repairs Underway for Kohi Bridge

Urgent emergency repair works on Tanaeba (Kohi) Bridge and culverts in Northwest Guadalcanal begin this week following severe flooding

These reinstatement works will also address cell culverts identified during inspection as compromised by floodwaters.

Urgent repair works for the Tanaeba Bridge will commence this week.

Movement of people to and from rural areas to Honiara have been affected.

These works are treated as an emergency.

Urgent repair works for the Tanaeba (Kohi) Bridge and multi-cell culverts on Northwest Guadalcanal Road will commence this week. These works are treated as an emergency in response to recent flooding that inundated the approach roads on both ends of the bridge, disrupting transportation and connectivity for farmers, small businesses, schools and students, and general road users on this sealed road section.

The Ministry’s Transport Infrastructure Management Services Division (TIMSD), in collaboration with the Guadalcanal Provincial Disaster Operations Committee (P-DOC), conducted an initial assessment and damage scoping following last week’s persistent heavy rain and winds, which affected other parts of the country.

Now that the flood level recedes, a contractor will be mobilized soon to the site to carry out emergency repair works aimed at reconnecting the bridge. These reinstatement works will also address cell culverts identified during inspection as compromised by floodwaters, which pose long-term safety risks to road users.

These urgent interventions are part of the government’s response to ensure the safety and resilience of infrastructure critical to the Guadalcanal Provinces’ development and disaster response mechanism.

SOURCE : Ministry of Infrastructure Development Media Release