Private vehicle drivers have been warned to be conscious of the clearway traffic management restriction coming in effect in Suva in three weeks.

The Fiji Roads Authority says this is being done to reduce traffic congestion and improve public safety.

Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Moore says from July 8th, this restriction will prevent all vehicles from stopping, picking-up, dropping-off and parking during peak traffic periods in both directions.

Moore says they will be working with schools along these routes to designate specific drop-off/pick-up zones and they will be marking the clearways with a dashed yellow line.

He stresses it will be illegal to drop-off and pick-up passengers when the vehicle is stopped at traffic lights or in stationary traffic.

“Between 6.30 and 9.30in the morning and 4 and 6.30 in the evening you can’t stop on clearways. There will be yellow marking on the side of the sign where the clearways are. There will be designated drop off areas for buses and taxis, private vehicles cannot stop on those roads, there will be police and fines will be issued to people.”

The first implementation Stage 1 is the McGregor – Bau – Rewa Street route.