DPRD Asks DKI Provincial Government To Implement Paid Road Systems, Starting On Main Roads

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JAKARTA - Commission C of the DKI Jakarta DPRD asked the DKI Provincial Government, in this case the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency to implement a paid road system or electronic road pricing (ERP).

The ERP discourse in Jakarta has been echoed since several years ago, but has not yet been implemented because it has experienced a number of obstacles such as regulations and rejection of community groups.

In discussing the Governor's Accountability Statement Report in 2024, Chairman of Commission C of the DKI DPRD, Dimaz Raditya, said that the paid road system could start on the main road or protocol road.

"The implementation of the first phase of ERP can be carried out on the main roads first and expansion is carried out after an evaluation," said Dimaz, quoted Wednesday, April 16.

According to Commission C of the DKI DPRD, the implementation of ERP can be an alternative management for controlling the use of private vehicles. Where, the problem of congestion in Jakarta has not yet been resolved.

"The odd-even application does not encourage reduced use of personal vehicles because people tend to increase the number of vehicles they have," he said.

Previously, the Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency (Syafrin) Syafrin Liputo revealed the progress of the plan to implement a paid road pricing (ERP) system in Jakarta.

Syafrin said that the drafting of regulations in the form of regional regulations (perda) that regulate ERP will be completed this year, namely the Raperda on Traffic Need Management. So, after that the DKI Provincial Government can immediately draw up technical rules for its implementation

This Raperda is also prepared as a derivative rule of Law Number 2 of 2024 concerning the Province of the Special Region of Jakarta (UU DKJ), as a legal umbrella for traffic regulation when Jakarta is no longer the capital city.

"It is hoped that this year for ERP there will be local regulations directly so that the implementation can be carried out more quickly. Stay in the implementation level, after the legal product is finished," Syafrin told reporters, Tuesday, February 18.

Syafrin admitted that the discourse on implementing a paid road system was not a populist policy that was easy to accept. This is because the implementation of ERP has actually been prepared for several years. However, it had drawn rejection.

Not only that, ERP's plan had previously been finalized until the tender process. However, over time, the problem of failed auctions and discourse on implementing paid roads in Jakarta evaporated again.

"Indeed, I understand that the radical changes here are how odd-even turn into ERP. Because Jakarta is to change to electronic road pricing, the legal basis must be prepared which is PROven," he explained.