Surakarta City Government Orders Illegal Parking Around Sheikh Zayed Mosque

Illustration - Visitors to the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Solo, some time ago. BETWEEN/Aris Wasita

SOLO - The Surakarta City Government has disciplined illegal parking around the Sheikh Zayed Solo Mosque because it is considered disturbing to the public.

"Yesterday there were four people being processed by the BAP," said Head of the Surakarta City Transportation Service (Dishub) Taufiq Muhammad as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 2.

He said the illegal parking was all to the east of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque.

"There are those who apply to the north and apply to the east. Those on the streets, tariffs exceed the provisions and there is no permit," he said.

The tariffs withdrawn by the illegal parking attendants are IDR 10,000 / car.

"In the news, it is said that we have not found it yesterday," he said.

Related to this, the Transportation Agency asked people whose village roads would be used as official parking to apply for permits to the Surakarta City Transportation Service.

"Because we have to ask for approval from residents. It must also be managed properly, not all of them are filled with parking, there must be circulation of residents' vehicles. It must be considered," he said.

He said that in the future, if the Gilingan Viaduk has been completed and opened to the public, the parking lot will be centered at Tirtonadi and Pedaringan Terminals.

"There will be a shuttle (small vehicle) there. If it is currently constrained by the Gilingan Viaduk, it will be closed so the shuttle must rotate through Solobalapan, Banjarsari, it will be jammed," he said.

In addition, Kadishub also appealed to parking attendants to follow the applicable tariff rules, namely Rp. 5,000 for four-wheeled vehicles and Rp. 3,000 for motorcycles.

Meanwhile, Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka said the action taken by the extortion cyber team was a form of the government's commitment to eradicate illegal parking attendants in Solo.

Gibran said the action was a follow-up to the many complaints from visitors about parking rates. According to him, there are many complaints regarding parking rates that exceed the provisions.

"There are a lot of complaints. The parking fee has been determined. The motorbikes are Rp. 3,000, cars are Rp. 5,000, and Elf/Hi Ace is Rp. 10,000," he said.