Mayor Of Solo Gibran Blusukan Weekend, Finalizing The Fly Rail Development Plan

Mayor of Surakarta Gibran Rakabuming Raka immediately finalizes the plan to build elevation rail or elevation rail at Palang Joglo Solo (ANTARA)

SOLO - Mayor of Surakarta Gibran Rakabuming Raka immediately finalized the plan to build elevation rail or elevation rail at Palang Joglo Solo.

"We have checked the Joglo Cross with Mrs. Sita (Head of DPUPR Surakarta City). Next week we will discuss it again for more details," he said in Solo as quoted by Antara, Saturday, February 27.

He said the Palang Joglo elevated rail project itself is one of the priority work programs of the Surakarta City Government.

"Joglo Cross is one of the places we visited the first after the inauguration. So it is a priority because the level of congestion and crowds is extraordinary," he said.

Gibran said that the construction of an elevated rail is preferred over an elevated road to eliminate railroad crossings because of lower costs and to minimize evictions.

"It is cheaper, the evictions are also minimal, but we will detail it next week," he said.

Previously, during his visit to Solo some time ago the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono committed to eliminating level crossings gradually to reduce the number of accidents on the highway.

"We are gradually eliminating one area of intersection between roads and railways," he said.

Gibran said that he had already traveled to a number of roads in Solo, several points that had to be repaired immediately, including the "underpass" or the underpass of Gilingan and Joglo.

"We will work on it with PT KAI and the Ministry of Transportation. We are currently coordinating whether to build an 'underpass' or an 'elevated' train like in Gambir. So it will be tidier," he said.

According to him, some of these efforts were made to eliminate level crossings between trains and roads.

"Later we will use foam mortar construction, it is environmentally friendly and the process is faster. This is like the one used in Antapani Bandung," he said.