Any side, almost no positive aspects of a damaged road infrastructure. Technical age shorter car, wasteful fuel oil. The driver and passenger traffic stress. Transport any animal follow-up stress. Loss.
Stress that the chicken be shrunk weight. “The drop can be up to 20 percent,” said Coordinator of Animal Husbandry and Agriculture Compartment Young Entrepreneurs Association of Indonesia (Hipmi) Kota Tegal, Central Java, Suatmo. As a result, because the sale of chicken based on a unit of weight, of traders and farmers are losing money.
Suatmo expression is related to length of travel of Tegal, Jakarta, which is usually about six hours to nine hours due to damaged roads. There, in addition to the sale of chicken down, Suatmo also bear the cost of fuel is increased due to traffic jam.
High cost of the inevitable traffic jam of vehicles affected by damaged roads. Head of Marketing Communications Department of PT Toyota Astra Motor Achmad Rizal explained, because of damaged roads had traffic problems for a new car. “Because when the car did not move with the engine running, engine turns only about 800 rpm (rotation per minute) with estimated fuel consumption of 0.9 liters per hour,” he said.
The problem, he added, due to congestion, the government must spend more money. Therefore, the government subsidized gasoline. This means that any government subsidies go to waste if the government ignores road infrastructure improvements.
In essence, Suatmo, Rizal, and all road users wherever they wanted way through smoothly. Thus, the inevitable losses. However, in reality, thousands of miles of roads on the island of Java and Sumatra, now badly damaged. Congestion is not inevitable. This is not counting about a similar road damage in other islands in the country with tens of thousands of these islands.
That’s the reality. Throw away expectations smooth road all year in Java and Sumatra. Age of roads in Indonesia designed to 10 years. Now, 3,000 miles from 36,000 kilometers of national roads have been his age. Reconstruct 3,000 kilometers of national roads is obviously impossible when relying on the State Budget Department of Public Works (PU). Needs Rp 36 trillion. Doubled the budget appropriated for the Department of Public Works Jasa Marga.
This is also a note there is no national road maintenance and construction of new roads.
By assumption, every year maintained the closure of the drainage holes and road repairs. Every five years re-paved. Of course, should be supported by the lack of vehicles with excessive load.
Damage to roads was recognized Department of Public Works. But there was improvement efforts. “Handling the routine way we do. Readiness line in 2009 predicted Lebaran better than last year. Surely should be noted also increase traffic volumes and loads, “said Director General of Bina Marga Dardak Department of Public Works Hermanto.
Director of Program Development Department of Public Widjoyono Taufik also emphasized, the work now done at the national roads are not specifically for Lebaran. “It was a project that had been budgeted this year. That routine continued work done. And the existing traffic better for road improvements, not merely damaged roads, “he said.
A political contribution budget
Apparently, the road construction budget politics also contributed to “allow” damaged roads. “If Lebaran fell in January-February, the issue of damaged roads will not booming like now. Because, the road was fixed in December, so January-February in very good condition, “said Taufik Widjoyono.
Lebaran period, whether consciously or not, often become highlighted when the road damage. Incidentally, several years later, Lebaran falls in September-November. This is the development and maintenance (preservation) that culminated way the government does not seriously impressed prepare road infrastructure.
In fact, “unpreparedness” of government is to effect the fulfillment of the stages of the system budget year. PU auction started earlier than other departments auctions, namely in November, so that the physical infrastructure work more quickly. The goal, project realization is achieved with optimal results.
New contracts signed in February-March after a series of auction process. Then take two months to mobilize the work of the office equipment into the cabin while the center.
Months from June to August, workers began to “peel” layers of damaged asphalt, fill, and flatten with the new material. Asphalting done in September-November. So, all congestion in the joints Sejong-Brebes and Karangpucung (Majenang)-Wangon current actual shape of the repair of roads.
If so, the road users in this country will continue to stress. Be prepared to lose.
