The Lahat Road To Four Lawangs Has Been Repaired, Vehicles Weighing Under 3 Tons Can Pass

The Lahat Road to the Four Lawangs has been temporarily repaired. (Between)

SUMSEL - The access road from Lahat Regency to Tanjung Raya Village, Pendopo District, Empat Lawang Regency, is now accessible for vehicles after being heavily damaged due to collapsing.

The head of the UPTD for Roads and Lahat Bridges at the Department of Public Works, Bina Marga and Spatial Planning (PUBM-TR) of South Sumatra (Sumsel) emphasized that only vehicles that can pass through the causeway temporarily weigh a maximum of three tons.

"In the meantime, vehicles with a maximum tonnage of three tons can be passed," said Hendry in Lahat, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, April 19.

According to him, PUBM-TR is targeting the access road to be able to pass normally by vehicles no later than Wednesday, April 20, by installing a bailey bridge.

"While we are hastening the repairs, namely installing gabions and stockpiling the road so that traffic flow will return to normal soon," he said.

Previously, the road in Muara Payang Village, Muara Payang District, Lahat Regency collapsed to a depth of more than one meter on Tuesday, April 19 morning.

The road collapse is suspected to be due to the flow of water under the foundation which was exacerbated by heavy rains on Monday, April 28 evening.

PUBM-TR officers estimate that the flow of water at the foundation has existed for a long time coming from the resident's pool on the left side of the road, causing a cavity under the road and collapsing when loaded by passing vehicles.

As a result of this incident, the traffic flow there was interrupted either from Lahat, Pagaralam or Pendopo for some time until it returned to conducive since around 16.00 WIB, after being deployed heavy equipment to install box culverts assisted by TNI/Polri officers and local residents.

"We continue to accelerate repairs so that there are no road traffic barriers to welcome the homecoming flow," he said.