DKI Provincial Government Implements Tebet Eco Park Low Emission Area This Weekend

Tebet Eco Park in Tebet, South Jakarta. (doc of PT. Astra Land Indonesia)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has started implementing the Tebet Eco Park as a low emission zone (LEZ) this weekend, in line with the reopening of the green open space.

In the implementation of LEZ, private motorized vehicles are prohibited from crossing the area around the Tebet Eco Park. However, the ban on crossing is exempted from public transportation, motorized vehicles belonging to local residents, to non-motorized vehicles such as bicycles.

Head of Operation Control Section of the South Jakarta Transportation Agency, Made Joni, said that LEZ in the Tebet Eco Park area applies to two roads, namely Jalan Tebet Timur Raya and Jalan Tebet Barat Raya. This weekend, the LEZ came into effect.

"We will focus on LEZ on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays. It takes effect from 07.00 to 17.00 WIB. So, at that time, visitors are not allowed to bring private vehicles to cross the two roads," Made told reporters, Thursday, August 18th.

Made explained the reason why LEZ Tebet Eco Park was not implemented every day. Unlike the Kota Tua area, which previously implemented LEZ, Tebet Eco Park is located near residential areas. If LEZ applies every day, it will burden the local community.

Furthermore, Made said, currently vehicles belonging to residents living around Tebet Eco Park have been fitted with special stickers. This sticker is a sign of the exclusion of private vehicles that can pass through the LEZ Tebet Eco Park area.

"Yesterday the RT/RW and the local lurah have recorded all vehicles belonging to residents in the two affected villages, namely Tebet Barat and Tebet Timur. There are about 900 vehicles, both two-wheeled and four-wheeled," said Made.

As long as LEZ is implemented, there will be guard at dozens of points by Transportation Service officers. Officers will block private vehicles from crossing the LEZ Tebet Eco Park area. "There are 21 guard points. However, this 21 point trial still needs to be evaluated," he added.

Therefore, the DKI Provincial Government has prepared five parking pockets with 5 parking pockets outside the Tebet Eco Park area, starting from SMPN 73 Jakarta (only Saturday-Sunday), MT Haryono Gas Station, Graha Pratama Building, Wisma Pede Building, and the side of Sarana Square.

Especially for visitors who park their vehicles at Sarana Square, the DKI Provincial Government provides a shuttle bus in the form of Microtrans to facilitate travel to Tebet Eco Park.