INFOKU, BLORA - The stone retaining wall (talud), east side of the main bridge connecting Blora-Randublatung, Kalisari Village area, Randublatung District, collapsed.
Head of the Highways Division of the Blora Public Works and Spatial Planning Service (DPUPR), Yudi Kristiawan, representing the Head of Blora DPUPR Samgautama Karnajaya, said that it was due to the natural disaster of a landslide on the north side of the road.
"Yesterday we received information that there was a natural landslide disaster which caused the stone embankment in the Kalisari bridge area to collapse, this happened yesterday afternoon. And this morning, we moved quickly straight to the location of the Kalisari bridge to carry out emergency treatment. Because the bridge and road are in Kalisari "This is a district road," said Yudi Kristiawan, Saturday (2/12/2023).
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He said that the budget for handling it was to use the routine maintenance budget for roads and bridges.
"Hopefully there won't be any further landslides, hopefully this will be enough," he hoped.
For this reason, his party has again conveyed to the public, especially motorists using the district's roads, to be careful.
For four-wheeled and heavy vehicles to temporarily pass through another lane in accordance with traffic flow diversion.
"Temporary road users, because this road is the main traffic for Randublatung - Blora, are expected to be careful and for heavy vehicles to use other roads. The traffic police yesterday also put up signs at the Kamolan intersection and in Randublatung for heavy vehicles," he said.
On the same occasion, the Head of the DPUPR Water Resources (SDA) Division, Surat, said that he was mitigating and collaborating with the DPUPR Highways Division.
"Indeed, this landslide has eroded under the road, so later we will synergize and collaborate with the Highways Division which is also in charge of roads, we will support it, how can this landslide that occur later be resolved properly," he explained.
Efforts in the natural resources sector, said Surat, apart from supporting, there will also be a team of volunteers who will be present to help. "So, Bina Marga itself will try to handle it permanently," he explained.
According to him, there are already several techniques from observations in the field, which will be carried out by the Blora DPUPR to follow up on landslides in the Kalisari Village area.
Surat explained, there are two things to do together, the first is the most urgent to address the restoration of this road body later so that it doesn't landslide, and returns to normal.
Then secondly, perhaps later the construction of the talud will also be carried out, which is indeed being carried out by Bina Marga.
"So, underneath this road there is indeed a gap. And the second thing related to that we will try to do later, so that the road body doesn't cause landslides, then the safety of the road is not disturbed, after that we will just move on to making embankments next to it to strengthen the road body as well. ," he explained.
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Currently, the party is still reviewing the level of effectiveness for carrying out cheating.
"We hope that we plan to handle it directly from the concrete lining, so that later it can be stronger and permanent, we adjust it to the conditions in the field," concluded Surat. (Setyorini/KOM)
