Firm action planned against soil trucks drivers
Firm action planned against soil trucks drivers
JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja has ordered his
subordinates to take firm action against drivers of trucks
transporting soil for development projects.
"We have to launch an integrated operation to stop trucks from
making city streets dirty," he said.
The governor said that many trucks, which transport soil from
construction projects, have polluted city streets and made the
streets dirty, especially during the rainy season.
Surjadi said the dirty streets bother motorists because they
cannot drive comfortably, cause traffic jams and affect the
beauty of the city.
The governor instructed his subordinates to insist the truck
drivers abide by the existing regulations on transportation
linked to the construction of development projects.
"The drivers, for example, are asked to cover their containers
to avoid the soil from falling onto the streets and also to wash
their tires before passing through city streets," he said.
Members of the City Council urged city administration to
intensively supervise the construction of city-owned projects
whose developers neglect the beauty of their surroundings.
The lack of supervision has caused many projects to be poorly
maintained. Their thoughtless activities cause the streets around
projects to look dirty, ruining the beauty of the city as well,
they said.
"Many developers, for example, do not pay much attention to
the repair of excavation for the installation of telephone and
electricity cables along the streets near the project," Romulus
Sihombing, a councillor from the Indonesian Democratic Party
faction, said.
Lukman Mokoginta, another councillor from the same faction,
said that project contractors should respect public interest by
finishing projects properly.
Both councillors said that city administration should take
firm action against project contractors when their construction
is found out to have caused inconvenience to the public.
"The city administration should supervise developers and
require them to be responsible if their projects are not finished
properly," Romulus said. (yns)