Road to Pura Bojonggede

Road to Pura Bojonggede

From Pelita

Many complaints about the bad condition of the Pura Bojonggede
road in Bogor, West Java have been aired. Nonetheless, we would
like to air ours in the hope that the authorities will listen to
our plight this time.

I am an office worker who lives at the Pura Bojonggede housing
estate. I commute every day by train from Bojonggede to Gambir
station and vice versa which, in itself, is no problem. It is the
route, Bojonggede station to the housing estate, that has grown
into a profound problem, especially at night. Why?

Ojek drivers (motorcycle taxis) refuse to pick up passengers
living in the Bojonggede housing estate unless they pay double
the normal Rp 2,000 fee. They'd rather drive passengers to other
destinations like Sari Gaperi, Bukit Waringin, Bambu Kuning and
other housing estates. We cannot blame them, since the road to
Pura Bojonggede is heavily damaged.

In the evenings, it is becoming increasingly difficult to get
a minivan willing to go our way. All users of this road are
desperately wondering when this road will be repaired. The
condition of the road is worse from Sudi Mampir toward the
crossroad to Pura Bojonggede, right before the luxurious estate
Villa Bong on the Bojonggede-Parung route. The many deep potholes
slow down traffic to a snail's pace.

Making matters worse is the daily traffic of heavy vehicles
transporting building materials like sand, stones, coral, red
stone, cement and cement blocks to the housing estates. It seems
that it is the only road leading toward new estates, or estates
in the construction state. At the moment, several estates are
being constructed in the Bojonggede district.

Would it be possible to get the respective developers in the
area to participate in road repairs? This would be meaningful
even if such repairs would be of a temporary nature before the
real work gets done by the respective ministry. After all, they
contribute to the road's damage when they transport building
materials to and from the construction sites.

Is it also possible to get shops selling building materials to
participate in the prospective road repairs?

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