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)