Police are urging the travelling public to drive with extreme caution as receding flood waters reveal underlying damage to roadways and infrastructure such as bridges and causeways.
Police advise that hazards posed to drivers from the inundation the State has received has not lessened with the receding of flood waters and that many roads and bridges would have sustained damage to varying degrees.Careless motorists not only risk their lives and the lives of others, but face the possibility of prosecution if they drive negligently.
Police are urging everyone to obey road closure signs and to travel with extreme caution, limiting non essential travel in any areas affected by localised flooding.
