Floods As High As 500 Cm, Police Close Provincial Roads In Bengkulu

BENGKULU - Bengkulu Resort Police (Polres) closed the provincial highway from Bengkulu City to Kepahiang Regency and North Bengkulu Regency due to flooding.

Head of the Turjagwali Unit of the Bengkulu Police Satlantas Ipda Azmi Aryanto, said the road closure was carried out due to the entire body of the road being flooded with a height of 500 centimeters. from Antara, Thursday, June 30. He explained that the closure of the causeway was in Surabaya Village, Sungai Serut District and Rawa Makmur Village, Muara Bangkahulu District, Bengkulu City. Therefore, for the time being, motorists were diverted from Bengkulu City to Kepahiang Regency. from the Lake Revenge Tak Already area.

Then from Bengkulu City to North Bengkulu Regency, you can cross Pasar Bengkulu Village, Sungai Serut District. "For now, we from the Bengkulu Police Satlantas are focusing on traffic on the causeway from Bengkulu to Kepahiang Regency and Bengkulu City to North Bengkulu Regency," he said. Azmi added that the closure of the crossing was carried out until an undetermined time limit and adapted to flood conditions in the field. If the water conditions on the road body gradually decrease and allow vehicles to pass, the road will be opened to the public.