Bali roads wrecked by tides

Bali roads wrecked by tides

DENPASAR, Bali: A 51-kilometer stretch of road along Bali's coastline is being impaired by increasing abrasion and is now threatening to disrupt traffic to key residential, tourist and worship sites.

Head of Bali's public works office, Wayan Subagiarta, said that whitecap-induced abrasion had occurred at 29 locations throughout Bali, Antara reported.

Wayan said since 1981, periodic repairs and continuous monitoring of the situation has been undertaken. He noted that the difficulty is being caused by different characteristics of waves hitting Bali's shoreline and that this is threatening over 500 kilometers of road hugging the shoreline.

Included in the repairs, which have been done since 1990, is the 2.95-kilometer road along Singaraja beach, which cost the central government Rp 3.42 billion to build.