Illegal Parking Dominates Road in Front of East Jakarta Police Station, Despite Clear No-Parking Signs
Jakarta — Illegal parking has once again congested the edges of Jalan Matraman Raya, specifically around the East Jakarta Metropolitan Police Station (Polres Metro Jakarta Timur).
This situation has drawn renewed attention following a video circulating on social media showing half the roadway being used as a parking lot. In the recording, numerous vehicles are lined up along the roadside despite clear no-parking signs posted at the location.
The video was uploaded by Instagram account @ijooel. The footage shows vehicles parked in a line along Jalan Matraman Raya, extending from in front of the East Jakarta Health Sub-office Building or around the police station, through to the Jatinegara Market area. Beyond occupying road space, several motorcycles are also visible parked on the pavement, forcing pedestrians to share the space and occasionally step onto the road to pass.
“In front of the East Jakarta police station, parking takes up half the road. It was orderly for a while, but it’s back to this now. At night, parking on the opposite side overflows. This needs to be managed so it doesn’t get out of hand like this,” wrote the caption from @ijooel.
This is not the first occurrence of illegal parking at this location. The condition reportedly continues to repeat despite being organised multiple times by officials.
“It keeps happening because there are services in that location—the police office, a health centre, a post office, and a market,” explained Harlem, Head of the East Jakarta Transportation Sub-office (Sudinhub).
Harlem emphasised that vehicles are not permitted to park around the East Jakarta Metropolitan Police Station due to the presence of no-parking signs. He assured that his office would continue enforcing regulations.
He explained that on Thursday morning, the East Jakarta Transportation Sub-office deployed 75 transport personnel assisted by 25 military and police personnel to conduct an enforcement operation at the location.
“And today, enforcement action was taken against four four-wheeled vehicles, which were towed and brought to the East Jakarta Transportation Sub-office for further enforcement proceedings,” he stated.
Harlem appealed to the public not to park illegally in front of the East Jakarta Metropolitan Police Station and its surroundings, citing the presence of no-parking signs. He emphasised that the public must use official parking locations.
“Please park at designated locations in the area—there is a building (Mal Ciplaz), and the market also has parking space designated for it; please use those locations,” Harlem said.
Kompas.com has requested confirmation regarding this matter from the East Jakarta Metropolitan Police Station Commander Alfian Nurrizal and Deputy Commander AKBP Achmad Akbar, but no response has been received at the time of publication.