Traffic jam on Jl. Diponegoro

Traffic jam on Jl. Diponegoro

Hundreds of vehicles heading in the direction of Jl. Salemba
Raya, a major road in Central Jakarta, were trapped in a massive
traffic jam on Jl. Diponegoro Saturday afternoon due to poor work
of a contractor doing road repairs near the Metropole 21 cinema.

Many students taking public buses grumbled because they
arrived late at their schools due to the bumper-to-bumper
traffic. The congestion was estimated to span more than three
kilometers.

The massive traffic jam occurred due to the bottleneck prior
to the intersection of Jl. Diponegoro, Jl. Cikini and Jl.
Proklamasi, all in Central Jakarta.

Vehicles had to take turns in passing through the section of
road as one lane of the two-lane road was dug by the contractor
some time ago as part of a program aimed at leveling and
resurfacing the bumpy road with better asphalt.

No workers were seen at the work site.

Motorists called on the Public Work Ministry to immediately
solve the problem. (bsr)