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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The relatively low traffic on the Trans Sumatra Turnpike is prone to inviting crime. This was directly admitted by PT President Hutama Karya Budi Harto.
What are the facts on the ground?
The Director of Defense and Social Affairs of the Indonesian Transport Society (MTI), Djoko Setijowarno, once made field observations on the state of the Trans Sumatra toll road. He said that there are several areas that are relatively prone to crime. This means that not all Trans Sumatra toll roads are prone to crime, although they are still relatively quiet.
“So it is only in the southern section, not in the north. In the south there are two vulnerable areas around Mesuji and Kayu Agung in the swamps, the red zone,” Djoko told CNBC Indonesia Thursday (11/26).
He said the sections that were considered vulnerable were indeed relatively far from Mesuji and Kayu Agung, but that several criminal incidents had occurred in the area.
“But the name is reckless, the robbers intercept vehicles, the victims are trucks that are resting, some are attacking. There are those who bring cars and also steal their capital, ”he said.
Djoko said that there are aspects of social problems in the area, but there are other things that need to be addressed, especially with regard to toll road services, including the issue of Minimum Service Standards (SPM) regarding lighting. audience to be changed. Until now, the SPM regarding the lighting of toll roads is not required for inter-city toll roads, it only applies to cities.
“My experience is from Terbanggi Besar-Kayu Agung up to 87 km without lights, driving alone is also scary,” he said.
However, he acknowledged that the management party, namely PT Hutama Karya, would act quickly in the event of a criminal incident on the toll road. He called on motorists to report immediately if they have experienced a condition related to safety issues.
PT Hutama Chairman and Director Karya Budi Harto has opened up about the conditions of the Trans Sumatra toll road. He admitted that until now this infictol was still low, this had an impact on a number of other problems.
“Low traffic invites crime. Therefore, we provide patrols at any time, so that toll road users are safe from security disturbances around the toll road,” said Budi, Wednesday ( 11/25).
The Trans Sumatra toll road will run from Lampung province to Aceh for 2,987 km. The Trans Sumatra highway consists of a main corridor (spine) along 2,069 km and a support corridor (fins) of 919 km with progress until the end of August 2020 that has been operating along 648 km totaling 9 sections until August 2020.
The nine sections that have been operational are Bakauheni – Terbanggi Besar 140 km, Terbanggi Besar – Pematang Banggang-Kayu Agung along 189 km, Kayu Agung-Jakabaring 33 km, Palembang – Indralaya 22 km, Medan – Binjai 13 km, Medan – Kualanamu – Cliff 62 km high, Belawan – Medan – Tanjung Morawa 43 km, 14 km Aceh-Sigli Section IV, which was inaugurated by the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Tuesday (8/25/2020 ), and another 131 km Pekanbaru-Dumai section.
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