Jambi Governor Asks Tongkang To Collision Bridges To Give Compensation For Damage

Jambi Governor Al Haris after a coal transportation coordination and evaluation meeting in Jambi, Tuesday (14/6/2024). (ANTARA/HO-Diskominfo Jambi)

Jambi Governor Al Haris asked the entrepreneur of a barge loaded with coal that hit the ferry of the Aurduri 1 Bridge to compensate for the damage that occurred.

"There was a serious incident, namely the barge incident that hit the bridge ferry a few days ago. Of course I take this seriously by gathering coal mining entrepreneurs to have a sense of responsibility by repairing damaged ones," said Jambi Governor Al Haris as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 15.

Haris emphasized that related parties should implement applicable regulations to improve security, order and smooth traffic as well as maintain the safety of bridges.

The Jambi Provincial Government, he said, continues to strive to improve the system, especially the acceleration of coal roads.

"We are trying to improve this existing system from day to day, yesterday we tried to divert it to the river for a short-term solution ahead of the acceleration of our coal road which is in process," he said.

The governor also gave instructions to the Jambi Provincial Transportation Service to complete the completeness of river traffic such as signs and so on.

"We admit that the completeness in the river is still incomplete, for that I instruct the Transportation Agency to complete it all, including traffic signs, security and supervision and also prepare river posts," he said.

The Jambi Provincial Government has asked the Jambi National Road Implementation Agency (BPJN) to calculate the costs needed to renovate the bridge.

"Of course we focus on discussing everything so that the incident does not happen again. And also we ask BPJN to calculate the costs needed to renovate the bridge, where later he will pay for the repairs until the bridge is normal as usual," he said.

Head of Jambi BPJN Ibnu Kurniawan stated that the damage to the Aurduri I Bridge feder due to being hit by coal transportation was 2 points, namely damage to the four-pillar bridge feder, damage to the pillar bridge 5 feder, and the disappearance of one six-pillar bridge feder.*