Collapsed bridge holding up traffic and denying services
THE Oomsis River washed away the abutment of the bridge near PNG Forest nursery along the Bulolo highway, holding up traffic for more than 18 hours.
The first vehicles moved over the makeshift abutment of planks held up by large rocks at about 3pm on Tuesday.
Commuters and major businesses in the Bulolo district could not enter or leave the district as they were stuck at the bridge in the Huon Gulf district.
Contractors of the Morobe Mining JV (MMJV) at Hidden Valley and Wafi including various business houses from Bulolo and Menyamya districts as well as food and fuel retailers had to join hands to roll boulders and rocks and filled the gaps with pebbles and gravel into the gap.
Most PMV trucks with passengers, including the public servants travelling to Lae and Bulolo, were left stranded on each side.
Women bound for the Lae market with fresh produce, climbed in and out of the gap with their bilums.