JAKARTA \u2014 Repair of Lenteng Agung Timur Road in Srengseng Sawah,\nSouth Jakarta, which collapsed on Thursday (28 May 2026) evening, is\nnearing completion.<\/p>\n
The road section is scheduled to be asphalted on Sunday (31 May 2026)\nevening.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is just the asphalt work. It\u2019s likely to be smoothed out\ntonight. Estimated completion in two to three days. There are utilities\nthat need tidying up before finalising,\u201d said Sunardi, Village Head of\nSrengseng Sawah, at the site on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Sunardi explained that the sinkhole site has been fitted with nine\nconcrete box culverts.<\/p>\n
One more unit will be added, bringing the total to 10 box\nculverts.<\/p>\n
He said the box culverts replace the old iron culverts previously\nbeneath the road.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve installed the box culverts underneath. The iron ones were\nreplaced with box culverts. This has been done over two nights,\u201d he\nexplained.<\/p>\n
He stated that beneath the collapsed road section runs water flowing\nfrom University of Indonesia (UI) Lake to Ciliwung River. Previously,\nthis flow passed through iron culverts.<\/p>\n
Sunardi suspected the old culverts had corroded due to age.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt used to be iron pipes. There were culverts, but they had corroded\ninside,\u201d Sunardi said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far, there have been no issues. But after decades, perhaps there\nwere civets or snakes nesting underneath, causing the collapse,\u201d he\nadded.<\/p>\n
Before asphalt work, the repaired area will first be concreted.\nAsphalt process is targeted to finish by Tuesday (2 June 2026).<\/p>\n
\u201cRepairs are about 70% complete due to the concreting work. There\u2019s\nstill road cleaning to do,\u201d said Iwan during a site visit.<\/p>\n
According to Kompas.com observations, two- and four-wheeled vehicles\ncan now pass through the site. The previously collapsed section has been\ncovered with over 15 steel plates.<\/p>\n
Transjakarta buses, intercity buses, and trucks are also seen\npassing, though heavy vehicles slow down when crossing the former\nsinkhole area.<\/p>\n
Despite this, traffic flow on Lenteng Agung Timur Road is smooth with\nno congestion.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/lenteng-agung-road-sinkhole-repairs-nearing-completion-asphalt-work-tonight-1780287227", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }