The busy Meru-Githongo-Marimba-Chogoria highway has been closed off indefinitely to protect motorists and other road users from the raging Iraru River.
The river changed its course following a landslide that happened in the highlands area earlier in the year but went unchecked, as it was during the dry season.
However, with the short rains in full flow, the river is now swollen to its very limits as it cuts right through the road rendering it impassable.
Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) closed the section and warned motorists that they risked being swept away by raging water if they ignored the directive.
Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi assured the residents that the national government was looking into approving the process of building a new bridge at a cost of Ksh 100 million.
"Road engineers have marked the road closed. Please let us obey the rules and avoid the road, it is a very big risk. I urge people to be patient as we wait for the money to be allocated," the governor urged his county residents.
Kiraitu made it clear that he knew the challenge the farmers located in the agriculturally rich Abogeta West and Igoji Westward were facing as they would have to travel a longer route to get their produce.
However, he insisted on the importance of placing personal safety ahead of profits.
The raging river has also brought it chunks of indigenous tree trunks and branches that were uprooted during the landslide.
Photos of cars still prying the route despite the development have since emerged, pushing the local government to quickly put up 'road closed' signs.
A group of youths had volunteered to dig out rocks under the road where the original bridge stood so that the river can go back to its original course but were informed that the move would make the road to cave in.
Just a year earlier, four people died in the area following flash floods that swept through Meru County.
Kiraitu's latest warning came on the very day in which the Kenya Meteorological Department issued a 'heavy rainfall advisory' warning.
According to the weatherman, heavy rainfall of more than 30mm in 24hrs over large parts of the country starting Thursday, November 26, running all through the weekend.
Notably, Meru was highlighted as an area of concern in the latest report alongside its neighboring counties; Tharaka Nithi and Embu.
