Roads badly damaged in Ciputat

Roads badly damaged in Ciputat

JAKARTA (JP): Damaged roads in the Ciputat district of
Tangerang, some 30 km west of the city, are causing major traffic
problems and must be repaired soon, residents said yesterday.

One of the worst off is busy Jl. Dewi Sartika. The crowded
street, lined with shopping centers and supermarkets in the
center of town, is full of potholes and big stones left over from
construction projects.

Traffic on the road is backing up every day and, as if to make
things worse, heaps of rotting garbage are pilling up on the
roadside.

Another road in need of repair is Jl.H. Usman, located near
the Ciputat market. Only half of the road is passable, the
residents said, because the other half has practically become a
"gutter" of muddy potholes.

Strategically located near the busy market, the road is also
used by hundreds of ojek (motorcycle taxis) drivers, who have
replaced the becak (three-wheeled pedicabs) drivers banned from
operating on the town's main streets. (18/bas)