DPWH Dispatched Team and Equipment to Clear Rockslide in Batanes
The Department of Public Works and Highways has mobilized maintenance team and equipment to clear rockslide at Basco-Mahatao-Ivana-Uyugan-Imnajbu Road in Ivana, Batanes.
In a report from DPWH Regional Office 2, an estimated volume of 750 cubic meters of rockslide has closed to vehicular traffic a road section at KM 8+750 of Basco-Mahatao-Ivana-Uyugan-Imnajbu Road.
Motorists are advised to use the interior Mahatao-Imnajbu Road as an alternate route.
The continuous heavy rains affecting the Province of Batanes triggered the rockslide.