No repairs for Palembang roads

No repairs for Palembang roads

PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Despite serious damage at several
crucial junctures on major transportation routes in the province,
the provincial administration said it had no plans to make
repairs due to a shortage of funds.

"It's true we haven't done any repairs yet, because we are
short on funds", Governor Rosihan Arsyad said on Wednesday.

He claimed that the upkeep alone of major highways in the
province needed at least Rp 190 million a year while the central
government had only subsidized about Rp 13 million.

For the past four months the condition of two major roads --
connecting Palembang-Jambi and Palembang-Lampung -- has been
steadily deteriorating.

Due to the increasing number of potholes commuters say that
the five-hour journey on the Palembang-Jambi route can now take
as long as 10 hours. (33)