Engineers in the Solomon Islands provinces of Guadalcanal and Malaita are in their last stages of completing a huge infrastructure development project.
The road project is a co-operation between the Solomon Islands government, the Asian Development Bank, and Australia's and New Zealand's aid agencies, AUS- and NZ AID.
NZ AID's manager in Solomon Islands, Guy Redding, says most roads and bridges in the two provinces will be rebuilt by November.
Mr Redding says this is significant.
"There is a quite extensive road network, but it is fallen into disrepair, it is extremely muddy, pot holed, and in some times of the year, during rainy periods, the roads are completely impassable. The people can't get from A to B, they can't get to markets, they can't get to provincial capitals, children may have to walk to school, which can take up to a few hours, people can't get to clinics."
Guy Redding says better roads are addressing these needs and may also be beneficial for the economic development of the country.
Mr Redding says another project is looking at providing infrastructure to other parts of the country.
