Dishub Akui Jakarta INCreasingly Distorted As A Result Of The Construction Of The Jabodebek Toll Road And LRT

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Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, admitted that Jakarta's congestion rate had increased since last year. However, Syafrin did not disclose data regarding the current congestion rate. "Of course, if we look at the graph, there is an increase (the congestion rate)," said Syafrin at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Monday, February 13. Syafrin said, one of the causes of the increase in Jakarta congestion was infrastructure development, namely the construction work of the Harbor Road II Toll Road on Jalan RE Martadinata and Jalan Lodan Raya. "On the north side, it is at RE Martadinata, this year we have work on the construction of Harbour Road Toll II. Where, currently there is traffic engineering management for the RE Martadinata road which was previously 4 lanes 2 directions, currently it is 2 lanes 1 direction. So, there is a density because it is quite long from the JIS area to the west," said Syafrin. The toll road construction project in North Jakarta, according to Syafrin, is also the cause of delays in traffic at the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) after the Dewa 19 concert some time ago. This traffic density had drawn complaints from many people. In addition, another project that causes congestion is the construction of the Jabodebek LRT pole on Jalan MT Haryono, Jalan Gatot Suboto, to Jalan HR Rasuna Said. The project along the protocol road also causes traffic jams to spread to other areas. "There are several lanes whose points are not optimal because they are affected by the construction of the Jabodebe LRT pole. So that previously there were 4 lanes, 1 lane was taken to 3 lanes and so on," said Syafrin. However, if the two infrastructure projects are completed, Syafrin said the congestion rate will decrease. Plus, the operation of the Jabodebek LRT in July will reduce the use of private vehicles by the public. "For the Jabodebek LRT, operations will be operational from Cibubur to Dukuh Atas, as well as from East Bekasi to Dukuh Atas. We hope that there will be a transfer of private vehicle transportation to public transportation services from the 2 areas," he said.