THIRTEEN national roads in Northern Luzon have been declared unpassable and closed to traffic as of noon Wednesday due to the onslaught of Super Typhoon 'Egay.'
In a press briefing of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council at its headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, the Department of Public Works and Highways said these roads were closed due to soil erosion, series of soil collapse, fallen trees, and mudflow and to ensure the safety of the public.Roads that were declared unpassable were the Abra-Ilocos Norte Road; Abra-Ilocos Sur Road; and the Abra-Kalinga RoadBaguio-Bontoc Road; Mt. Province-Nueva Vizcaya Road; Mt.
Province-Cagayan via Tabuk-Enrile Road; Claveria-Calanasan-Kabugao Road in Apayao; Apayao-Ilocos Norte Road; Shilan-Beckel Road in La Trinidad, Benguet; and Kennon Road in Camp 6 Tuba, Benguet.All these roads have no alternative routes aside from Kennon Road which has Naguilian and Marcos Highways as alternates.In Upper Kalingo, roads that were closed to traffic include Mt. Province-Calanan-Pinukpuk-Abbut Road and Lubuagan-Batong Bahay-Abra Boundary Road.
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