Jakarta Continues To Be Fired, What's The News Of The Plan For The Implementation Of Paid Roads?

Illustration of members of the traffic police or Korlantas Polri. (Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Jakarta congestion is a problem for residents who continue to be complained about. The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government applies mobility restrictions such as odd-even to plans to implement paid roads or electronic road pricing (ERP). How is the progress of paid road planning? Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, explained that his party is still struggling with the preparation of regulations discussed with the DKI Jakarta DPRD. "We are still focused on completing the regulations. Well, the regulations are of course in the form of regional regulations (Raperda). This regional regulation has been included in the program to form regional regulations by the DKI Jakarta Provincial DPRD and there have been several discussions," said Syafrin when contacted, Tuesday, January 10. Syafrin explained that the Raperda on electronic traffic control is still being discussed by the Regional Regulation Formation Agency (Bapemperda) of the DKI Jakarta DPRD and the DKI Provincial Government in general. Meanwhile, the contents of the article have not been discussed. "So, we are still delivering public explanations related to the urgency of the need for this regulation," said Syafrin. Furthermore, Syafrin said that his party would not only carry out the calculation of the paid road system for vehicles according to the classification. However, a more comprehensive control system is also prepared. "For upstream, there is no longer only one ERP system or electronic paid road system, but directly the entire transportation control system is electronic so that it can manage more comprehensively in the future," he explained. The plan to build a paid road system has actually been echoed since 2006, when the Governor of DKI Jakarta was held by Sutiyoso. Then, the ERP plan was finalized during the leadership period of Joko Widodo and continued by Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) in 2014. At that time, the preparation of regulations until the tender process was carried out. In Anies' leadership, the ERP implementation plan stalled again because two auction participants, namely Q Free ASA and Kapsch TrafficCom AB, resigned and left one vendor, namely PT Bali Towerindo Sentra. Until finally, the auction process will be repeated. Judging from the draft Raperda which regulates the implementation of ERP, this electronic traffic control aims to create order and smoothness in road traffic spaces; prioritizing and encouraging the use of public transportation; realizing transportation that supports sustainable environmental quality; as well as progressive transfer of burdens, benefits, and traffic cost rates from private vehicle use to public transportation and urban infrastructure. Still in the draft Raperda, it is planned that vehicles that cross paid roads will be charged a fee of between Rp. 5,000 to Rp. 19,900. It is targeted that ERP will be applied to 25 roads from 05.00 to 22.00 WIB.