Bailey bridge on the Road between Calang and Rigah is about to collapse

If you are in Rigaih (our West Coast office is there), you know how horrendous it is passing this bridge. Everyday more than 10 times our cars crossing it to Calang, back and forth. The big question mark is. Can we use this bridge to bring our material? We have similar condition in the bridge near to Lhok Kruet. It means, delivering material from Banda Aceh either from Meulaboh to West Coast will be delayed, waiting the bridge to be repaired.


Email from Joerg Meier, Head of Aceh Jaya Field Office, Office of the United Nations Recovery Coordinator for Aceh and Nias (UNORC). In his email he wrote: according to a CRS engineer assessment the damaged bailey bridge on the Road between Calang and Rigah is about to collapse any time. Please pay extreme caution when crossing the section (picture attached). CRS looks into improvement but currently still waiting for heavy equipment and spare parts.


Arwin Soelaksono - Disaster Response & reConstruction