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Friday, April 4, 2014

MRT Project That True or Just a Hoax ?

MRT Project That True or Just a Hoax ?

Project Mass Rapid Transit ( MRT ) in Jakarta has already entered the stage of excavation process of the subway station. Related to this development process , along the roads start to Sarinah roundabout road narrowing will occur that will impact traffic flow congestion .

President Director of PT MRT Dono Boestami , who accompanied Wadirlantas City Police Commissioner Police Sambodo and Head of Jakarta Transportation M Akbar , Friday ( 4/4 ) , describes this work began with the creation of land holding , then continued dismantling busway station and pedestrian bridge Indonesian Hotels and Sarinah .

"The work of this large -scale construction phase should close the median lane road for about four years . There will be a narrowing of the road at that point , so of course there will be an increase in congestion on the main streets , "said Dono .

Therefore , PT MRT had coordinated with Jakarta Transportation Department and Ditlantas police to pursue engineering as an effort to reduce traffic congestion impacts that will occur .

Police Commissioner Sambodo added to the anticipation of severe congestion , it adds to the strength of the personnel on the road between Hotel Indonesia traffic circle and the intersection of Harmony . " Roads are usually guarded 70 personnel each day , starting today increased to 100 personnel , " he said .

Meanwhile , Head of Communications M Akbar urged people , particularly the use of private vehicles , to avoid the road as much as possible . " Congestion will increase sharply . If it can pass the other way , people should not have to cross Jalan Thamrin - Sudirman , "said Akbar .

Hopefully this project really, not deception , so it's not like the stalled monorail project .

PT Mass Rapid Transit ( MRT ) Jakarta immediately begin the process of excavation -related construction of underground stations are located in the Roundabout Hotel Indonesia ( HI ) to Sarinah .

" This includes large -scale work . During the construction period , we will often perform lane changes , including the removal of TransJakarta bus lane from the east side to the west side or vice versa , " said President Director of PT MRT Jakarta Dono Boestami a press conference in Jakarta on Friday .

According to him , the impact of the construction , which is the bottle neck or narrowing of the road on the road to the roundabout along the Sarinah .

" The occurrence of bottlenecks that must result in congestion . Consequently, we have to make a traffic engineering to reduce congestion in the region , " said Dono .

He said it has coordinated with the Department of Transportation (Affair ) Establishments and Traffic Directorate ( Ditlantas ) City Police linked the implementation of traffic engineering .

" With this coordination , we expect congestion in the construction area can be reduced . We will continue to strive to road users to feel comfortable, " said Dono .

In traffic engineering , he said it would put up signs around the work site. In addition , Ditlantas City Police also alerted officers to divert traffic .

" Therefore , we appeal to the public , if not overly concerned , you should avoid Jalan Sudirman and Jalan MH Thamrin to avoid congestion , " said Dono .

He said he also urged that all road users are always obey traffic signs and directions from officers in the field.

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