Disturbing The Aesthetics, Bogor City Government Will Arrange Upper Cable Network

BOGOR - The Bogor City Government (Pemkot) continues to work on structuring the network of cables that still cross above ground level. The clutter of the cables disturbs the aesthetics and is a dangerous concern for the municipal government.

The plan for arranging these cables has been discussed since 2019, but there are still many obstacles to be encountered. Especially for implementing the Ducting System or underground planting cables in Bogor City.

Deputy Mayor of Bogor, Dedie A Rachim, conducted a comparative study in the city of Semarang, which has already implemented a ducting system or passive telecommunication infrastructure project, Monday (20/2/2022) morning.

Dedie, accompanied by several related OPDs, saw directly the point on the main road in Semarang City where the ducting system will be implemented. Such as on Panandaran Street, Pemuda Street, and Gajah Mada Street. God willing, by the end of this month these points will have embedded cables across them.

"Why is it a concern, because firstly it definitely disturbs the beauty of the city and is visually very unaesthetic. Second, it seems that the control of overhead cable installation, especially fiber optic cables carried out by operators and providers, cannot be carried out arbitrarily in the future, ' said Dedie.

This means, continued Dedie, the Bogor City Government continues to seek solutions so that these two things become big problems in the future. Although, the steps that must be taken are not easy.

"This also involves associations, service companies, or providers that use fiber optic cables through the upper lane. It must also be coordinated with several other agencies, such as Telkom, PGN, including PLN and PDAM," he explained.

Dedie said, related agencies will also try to harmonize with existing regulations. In this way, Mayoral Regulations (Perwali) and Regional Regulations (Perda) regarding this matter can be prepared.

"Including maybe we are coordinating with related parties who have actually proposed a kind of MoU for a pilot project in Bogor City. Especially in the one-way system (SSA) area, so we have an idea," continued Dedie.