Smoothing The Plan To Prohibit Cars Over 10 Years Of Passing, Anies's Men Request The LLAJ Law To Be Revised

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JAKARTA - Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, hopes that the central government, through the Ministry of Transportation, will revise Law Number 22 of 2009 concerning Road Traffic and Transportation (LLAJ Law).

This is because the DKI Provincial Government is planning to prohibit private cars over the age of 10 from crossing the capital.

Unfortunately, the plan to prohibit old cars from passing in Jakarta is hampered by a higher regulation, namely the LLAJ Law, which does not yet contain this provision.

"In Law Number 22 Year 2009, the special age restrictions for private vehicles have not been implemented. We are still waiting for the revision of the Law, whether private vehicles are allowed to be regulated for the maximum operating age limit," Syafrin told reporters, Wednesday, March 24.

Currently, Syafrin admits that the DKI Provincial Government continues to coordinate with the central government and see the direction of national policies, to be harmonized in the implementation order in Jakarta.

In fact, a ban on aged vehicles has been established. However, currently it is only targeting public transportation through Regional Regulation Number 5 of 2014 concerning Transportation. This implementation has been implemented since 2020.

"We can see, the majority of all public transportation in Jakarta have a maximum age of 10 years,"

"If there are public transport vehicles operating for more than 10 years, we will immediately stop operating. It cannot be issued, unless the person concerned performs an independent scrapping," he explained.

It was previously known that the desire of DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to prohibit cars over 10 years old from crossing in DKI was stated in Governor Instruction Number 66 of 2019 concerning Air Quality Control.

In this regulation, Anies asked his staff to ensure that no private vehicle over 10 years old can operate in the DKI Jakarta area. This ban takes effect in 2025.