Bad traffic around Karawaci

TANGERANG (JP): The ongoing massive road and building construction at the Lippo Karawaci (previously called Lippo Village) mega project has led to daily traffic congestion around the area over the past few days.

Hundreds of trucks transporting sand and rocks have hindered the traffic flow, particularly on Jl. Kelapa Dua Raya heading to Jl. Bojong Nangka Raya.

Traffic police are rarely seen managing traffic at the scene. Security personnel deployed by Lippo only give priority to vehicles going into the project, while ignoring other vehicles heading to different areas.

"The security personnel never want to think about other people unless someone teaches them a lesson," an angry driver told The Jakarta Post on Saturday in the middle of the traffic jam.

Several days ago, he said, a driver of a bus belonging to a factory was fuming at the way the Lippo personnel handled the traffic.

"He got out of his bus which was full of factory workers and punched the personnel in the face," he said. "It seems to me that the driver was in a hurry to get to the factory that morning." (bsr)