Jakarta Provincial Government Starts Work On Arranging Street Vendors On The Sidewalks Of Kebayoran Baru

ILLUSTRA TION / Irfan Meidianto (VOI)

JAKARTA - Head of DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, said that his party is starting the work of arranging street vendors (PKL) on the sidewalk of Jalan Raden Patah, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta.

Syafrin said that the location for placing street vendors was on the west side of the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) building, to be precise at the location of Roti Bakar Eddy Blok M.

"The work location starts from the Bina Marga gate to the Water Resources gate, with a work area of 372 meters long," said Syafrin in his statement, Wednesday, November 11.

Therefore, the Transportation Agency carried out traffic engineering in accordance with the implementation of the work. The work location is divided into two work areas, namely on the north side and on the south side.

On the north side, work starting from the Bina Marga gate to the Raden Patah gate will use one parking area for four-wheeled vehicles and one traffic lane. Vehicles can still pass using one lane.

Meanwhile, in the south side of the work area, work starting from the Raden Patah gate to the Sumber Air Resources gate will use the parking area for slow two-wheeled vehicles. Traffic is diverted using fast lanes.

"During the work, the clams will be temporarily relocated on the north and south sides of the work area. For replacement parking locations, temporarily located in the south and north of the work area and in front of Al-Azhar," said Syafrin.

Syafrin continued, work will start from November 11, 2020 to May 30, 2021. After completion of the work, the function and parking location will be returned to normal.

"The PUPR Ministry as the implementer of the Hygienic PKL arrangement on Jalan Raden Patah is fully responsible for the safety and security of road users at the work site," he said.