Badly damaged Depok-Cibelut road

Badly damaged Depok-Cibelut road

From Neraca

The road spanning Depok-Cibelut Bogor is badly damaged. Gaping
holes along the road are very hazardous to traffic.

This month many trucks have turned over. Obviously, this is
due to the huge potholes which engulf the road. Will this
condition be left unattended, claiming more victims?

I have been living in this region for four years. In the past,
the Bogor public works department used to repair the stretch of
road between Depok and Cibelut frequently. The moment the road
showed any potholes, an army of public works road workers wearing
yellow jackets, would repair them immediately. The road was
satisfactorily taken care of.

However this year I have noticed a difference. No repairs were
done on the Depok-Cibelut road, it was left to deteriorate. The
result was that the condition of the road continued to worsen.

My question is, why was the damaged road not repaired
immediately? Is it true that road repairs have to wait until the
Golkar campaign is in progress? Public works officials should pay
attention to the problem. A road that is important to the local
economy should be repaired right away.

It would, at least, foster a smoother 1997 election campaign.

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