DKI Governor Pramono Anung Regrets Congestion Due To Repair Of Semanggi Toll Gate
JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung regretted the long traffic jams on a number of roads in the capital on Wednesday night due to the closure of several toll gates for repairs.
The toll gates that were closed were GT Slipi 1, GT Slipi 2, GT Pejompongan, GT Semanggi 1, GT Semanggi 2, and GT Kuningan 1.
"Indeed, I also regret that it happened. Because the handling took a long time and then caused traffic jams everywhere," said Pramono at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Antara, Thursday, September 25.
Pramono urged toll road managers to accelerate the repair of damaged facilities after the demonstration at the end of last August.
I really monitor this congestion directly. The main cause is the repair of the Semanggi 1 and 2 toll gates due to the fire yesterday," he said.
Traffic flow in the Semanggi area, Slipi, Palmerah, Benhil, and surrounding areas was badly jammed on Wednesday night. The closure of the toll gate makes the vehicle pile up.
Dirlantas Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Police Komarudin explained that the vehicle was diverted to the Semanggi 2 Toll Gate, but only one substation could be used. "As a result, the queue for vehicles is getting longer," he said.
The police also arranged a vehicle on Jalan Gatot Subroto which tried to cut the route to the right toll road. Komarudin asked the public to use the Kuningan Toll Gate so that traffic jams would not get worse.
Congestion increased because vehicles from the airport that were about to leave the Semanggi toll road were stuck. "The agency is congested, so vehicles from the toll road are stuck. But the direction of Semanggi to Cawang is smooth," said Komarudin.
A motorist, Mita, admitted that he was stuck in traffic for almost two hours in front of the DPR/MPR RI Building. "It's been completely stopped since 17.50 WIB. Even though the farm demonstration has been over," he said.
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He also said that ambulances and fire engines that passed added to the flow slowdown. Until 19.30 WIB, Mita was still on Jalan Gatot Subroto, to be precise next to the Palmerah skatepark.