Preventing Fast Roads To Damage, Police Ask Coal Transport Trucks In Jambi To Understand Tonage Boundaries

The situation of loading coal into a truck at PT Karya Citra Nusantara Port (KCN), Marunda, Jakarta, Wednesday, January 12, 2022). (ANTARA-M Risyal H)

JAMBI - The Traffic Directorate of the Jambi Police reminded all coal transportation to comply with the rules for limiting cargo tonnage so that the national road crossing is not quickly damaged.

"So that the national road that has been repaired remains durable and does not cause congestion on the day of the tonnage of coal transportation must be considered," said Director of Traffic (Dirlantas) of the Jambi Police Kombes Pol Dhafi in Jambi, Tuesday, March 7, which was confiscated by Antara.

Dhafi revealed that the congestion of coal transportation on national roads is still a major problem in traffic in Jambi Province.

Later, Jambi Governor Al Haris was forced to close temporary coal transportation activities due to long traffic jams until he was paralyzed for 22 hours on Wednesday, March 1.

The action to close coal transportation activities by the Governor of Jambi is a step in overcoming congestion to unravel and repair a number of damaged national road points.

The limit for the cargo of coal transportation that is suitable for roads is in accordance with the Jambi Provincial Government regulations, which is no more than eight tons per transportation.

For this reason, Dhafi revealed that if coal transportation is not orderly with tonnage and traffic rules, coal transportation cannot operate.

Because the use of the national road that has been repaired is only temporary because the special road for coal transportation is still in the construction process.

In addition, if there are no traffic signs installed along national roads that are crossed by coal transportation, traffic jams will still occur.

Currently, there are still many coal transportation parked on the side of the road and some of them also often close roads.

For this reason, it is important to have traffic signs along the road, especially in crucial areas and prone to congestion such as markets, schools and places of worship.

This effort, he stressed, must be carried out immediately if coal transportation activities want to operate again.

If it is not implemented, then coal transportation traffic will likely be closed by the Jambi Regional Police.