Unraveling Congestion, Semarang City Government Re-implements One-way Engineering On Several Roads

Acting Head (Plt) Head of the Semarang City Transportation Service, Danang Kurniawan. (ANTARA)

SEMARANG - The Department of Transportation of Semarang City, Central Java, has re-imposed traffic engineering with a one-way lane system on a number of protocol roads to unravel congestion. "The one direction, (partially) Jalan Veteran and Jalan Kyai Saleh. Later, the plan remains appropriate (starting) on August 18," said Acting Head of Semarang City Transportation Agency, Danang Kurniawan, quoted Tuesday, August 15. According to him, the one-way route policy has actually been planned since the Head of Dishub was still held by Endro P Martanto to unravel the traffic density in the area.With the number of path intersections, he said, the traffic flow becomes stalled and jammed, especially the flow of vehicles during the busy hours, namely morning and evening is very dense. "So, we apply one direction to form a circle. From S Parman Street to the Simpang of the Golkar Building. Then turn right one way up to the Indomaret Intersection," he said. For Veteran Street, from the Indomaret Intersection towards Dr. Kariadi Semarang Hospital through the Central Java Bureau's LKBN Perum Office is enforced one way., while those towards the Central Java Police Headquarters remain two directions as before. Danang emphasized that Dishub together with the Semarang Satlantas will carry out full guard for the initial implementation of the one-way policy for one week since it was enforced from August 18, 2023. "We will keep it until the first week of 'full'. For dense hours (traffic) the officers will anticipate," he said. In that area, traffic engineering has been carried out several times to unravel congestion, especially on Jalan Veteran, which had changed one and two directions.

In addition to Veteran Street and Jalan Kyai Saleh, the implementation of the same direction has also been carried out on a number of other roads, such as Jalan Dr. Kariadi and Jalan Minister Supeno which are still in one area. In other areas, namely Plampingan Street and Jalan KH Wahid Hasyim, which are the centers for gold sales in Semarang, a one-way route has also been implemented to anticipate congestion.