JAKARTA - Member of Commission A of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Achmad Yani, asked the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to tighten supervision of heavy vehicles passing on the capital's roads after the incident of the collapse of the Tendean Pedestrian Bridge (JPO), South Jakarta.
According to Achmad Yani, the incident triggered by the crane-carrying truck is proof that supervision of vehicles that violate dimensional limits, load, and operating hours is still weak.
In addition to damaging public infrastructure, the incident also triggered long traffic jams which impacted community and economic activities in the area.
"The collapse of the JPO in Tendean is a loud alarm. Public facilities built with people's money are destroyed because of violations of rules on the highway. We must not allow vehicles that are over-dimension and over-load (ODOL), or those that violate operating hours, to roam freely without close supervision," said Yani, Thursday, July 15.
The PKS politician assessed that the rules for restricting the operating hours of heavy vehicles on the protocol route were actually clear. However, violations still continue because supervision and law enforcement are not maximal.
Therefore, Yani urged the DKI Jakarta Transportation Service together with the Directorate of Traffic of the Metro Jaya Police to take firm action against vehicles that violate the rules.
One of the proposed steps is to provide maximum sanctions, ranging from revocation of the operating permit of the transportation company to criminal sanctions for drivers and vehicle owners who are proven to have violated the load limit, vehicle dimensions, and operating hours.
In addition to enforcement, he also asked the government to strengthen the prevention system by adding load inspection points and installing vehicle height sensors on roads that have JPO.
According to him, the existence of the device is important to anticipate vehicles with dimensions exceeding the limit before entering an area that has limited free space.
Achmad Yani also encouraged an increase in joint patrols at vulnerable hours, especially during the transition period for the change of operating hours of heavy vehicles. This step is considered necessary to prevent trucks from entering the city outside the specified time.
In addition, the DKI Provincial Government is asked to re-evaluate the freight transport route so that large-load vehicles do not pass through streets that have limited vertical space or are in areas with dense citizen activity.
"JPO is designed to save the lives of pedestrians, not to be demolished by the negligence of a selfish transportation fleet. The DKI Provincial Government must ensure that every logistics entrepreneur complies with the vehicle specifications and crossing time that have been set for the sake of mutual safety," said Yani.
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