The capital city`s police have called for a coordinating meeting with the city`s public works office to discuss road repair efforts.
Jakarta (ANTARA News)- The incessant floods have damaged large swathes of Jakartas 619 road sections and the surrounding areas, leading to a large number of potholes, stated the Jakarta Polices Traffic Director Senior Commissioner R. Nurhadi Yuwono.

"The flooding has damaged roads, which has led to the formation of potholes with small and large diameters. The inflicted damages have led to traffic jams and accidents," Nurhadi Yuwono noted here on Wednesday.

The capital citys police have called for a coordinating meeting with the citys public works office to discuss road repair efforts," he claimed.

In Central Jakarta, there were 120 potholed road sections and 27 of them were repaired by the public works office. In North Jakarta, there were 136 potholed road sections and only seven were repaired, he added.

In West Jakarta, there were 91 potholed road sections and 52 were fixed. In South Jakarta, there were 157 potholed road sections, and no repairs have been done, he explained.

Meanwhile, the Jakarta provincial government will jump into action for improving the road sections damaged by flooding, remarked Chief of the Jakarta Public Works Office Manggas Rudi Siahaan recently.

Rudi also claimed that the total area of roads damaged, among others, include Central Jakarta with 3,871 square meters, North Jakarta with 80,857 square meters, West Jakarta with 14,625 square meters, South Jakarta with 16,585 square meters, and East Jakarta with 24,760 square meters of damage.

The Jakarta public works office has allocated at least Rp6.285 trillion for repairing the damaged roads in Jakarta.

Previously, the Jakarta Provincial Government had conducted repairs on all damaged levees such as that at the Tanah Abang railway side, stated Jakarta Governor, Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

At least Rp2.12 trillion will have to be set aside towards restorative work on the roads battered by the heavy flooding and landslides all over the country.

Around Rp510.32 billion will be required for emergency repair work and permanent repairs will consume around Rp1.517 trillion, Highway Construction Director General Djoko Murjanto recently noted in Jakarta.

Djoko remarked that the estimate provided was for the period until Jan. 28, therefore, the costs will likely be larger as the threat of flooding still looms large as the rainy season far from over. (*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
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