Bobby Nasution Agrees With The City Of Medan Rebranding Concept, Asks The Architects Association To Immediately Arrange 8 Road Corridors

MEDAN - Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution agreed with the presentation of the Indonesian Association of Landscape Architects (IALI) in Rebranding The City of Medan.

IALI has prepared a number of concepts in structuring to improve the aesthetics of the city. It is hoped that the arrangement will be carried out soon so that the face of the city of Medan will be better in the future.

In the presentation, it was revealed that there are 8 road corridors that will be arranged by IALI, namely Jalan Gatot Subroto from Tugu Boundary to the Manhattan Intersection, Sudirman Street (Independent Intersection-Patimura Intersection), Suprapto Street (Mandiri Intersection- Katamso Intersection), Putri Hijau Street (Guru Intersection). Patimpus-City Hall Junction, Brigjen Katamso Street (Under Pass-Juanda Intersection), Juanda Street (Sisingamangaraja Intersection-Sudirman intersection), Sisingamangaraja Street (Tugu Boundary-Tritura Intersection) and Jamin Ginting Street.

In addition to the 8 road corridors, IALI will also arrange 3 monuments (gates) which are the entrances to Medan City which are directly adjacent to Deliserdang Regency, namely Sisingamangaraja Street, Jamin Ginting Street and Gatot Subroto Street.

With the arrangement made, in addition to making the face of the capital city of North Sumatra province more organized, it is also greener.

"We hope that the arrangement will not take too long. In addition, we also want to be given input, based on the exiting that has been carried out in the field, about which arrangement is better to start with," said Bobby Nasution, quoted from a public relations statement. Medan City Government (Pemko), Sunday, January 16.

Bobby Nasution said that the arrangement that will be carried out by IALI will be supported by the relevant OPD within the Medan City Government. Regarding the problem of sidewalks, he explained, the Head of the Medan City Public Works (PU) will help, related to the park, the Sanitation and Parks Service (DKP) will help.

Meanwhile, regarding building problems, the Department of Housing, Settlement, and Spatial Planning (PKP2R) will help. Then, related to traffic problems will be supported by the Department of Transportation (Dishub).

"Based on the concept that has been conveyed, we have agreed with the arrangement that will be carried out. It remains only to add that from each construction of sidewalks or facilities for pedestrians, five elements must be followed as previously described. Then followed by a better parking arrangement," said Bobby Nasution.

President Jokowi's son-in-law also hopes that the arrangement carried out on a number of roads uses materials or materials that are aesthetically good, but should also be able to reduce the speed of passing vehicles.

In addition, Bobby Nasution asked all OPD leaders who were present to provide suggestions and input so that the arrangement carried out later went well, smoothly and as desired.

Previously, the General Chairperson of the IALI National Committee, Dian Heri Sofian, explained that his party had been in the field for two days to see firsthand the 8 road corridors that would be laid out, including the three gates that are the entrances to the city of Medan.

"From the results of the direct survey, the general concept of structuring that we will carry out on 8 road corridors and 3 border monuments between Medan City and Deli Serdang Regency, namely the Great Street, Green Infrastructure and Park System," explained Dian while mentioning the total length of roads to be laid out was around 20.32 Km.

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