Acting Governor Heru Assessed Of Congestion As Jokowi's Most Difficult Task

Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono/DOK IST

JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono revealed that handling congestion problems is the most difficult task during his leadership of Jakarta. This includes one of the three tasks that Heru must complete according to President Joko Widodo's instructions. Heru expressed this admission in a coordination meeting on corruption prevention with the ranks of the DKI Provincial Government and was attended by Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Alexander Marwata. "We have an assignment from the central government. There are three, flood prevention, spatial planning that are included in traffic jams. Well, the most difficult thing is traffic jams," said Heru at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Thursday, December 15. So far, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government is trying to run congestion management programs, ranging from odd-even to increasing the provision of public transportation. This is done to reduce the number of use of private vehicles in Jakarta. The problem is, nowadays it is easier for people to own private vehicles because the purchase price and credit system of motorized vehicles are getting cheaper. "On the one hand, we unravel congestion, on the other hand, residents cannot be prevented from buying vehicles. Vehicles are cheaper, motorbikes are cheaper, credit is cheaper. Well, that's a challenge for us," said Heru. However, this does not mean that this condition continues. Heru emphasized that while serving as the leader of Jakarta, he will carry out a number of policies to overcome the classic problems of the capital city. An example of the efforts made is the decomposition of vehicle density due to narrow road points or bottle necks, as well as the addition of road sections connected by the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency. "It's not impossible, but hopefully the bottle neck and roads won't be connected yet, Mr. Kadis (DKI Transportation), it can be done in 2023," he added.