progresifjaya.id, JAKARTA – Traffic Director (Dirlantas) Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Pol Komarudin spoke out about the horror traffic jam that snaked from Grogol to Pancoran – Cawang, Thursday, (19/6) night. He said, that the utility work of the DKI Jakarta Bina Marga Agency near the Pancoran Barat bus stop was the root cause of the traffic jam.
“The traffic jam began to be unavoidable during peak hours after work. The excavation project for the construction of utility network infrastructure in front of the Pancoran Barat Busway Stop took up the road until it became narrow. Meanwhile, the volume of vehicles on the road at that time was high because it was after work. Yes, there was a long traffic jam last night,” said Kombes Pol Komarudin explaining in detail the cause of last night’s horror traffic jam to progresifjaya.id, Thursday, (19/6) night.
It was also clarified that when the traffic jam occurred, he was also personally in the field. He then immediately rushed to order his staff to quickly move down to the field and spread out to various points to regulate and untangle the traffic jam.
“I myself stayed on Jalan Gatot Subroto until 18.30 WIB. I have ordered the staff to quickly go down and spread out to regulate and untangle the traffic jam.
It was almost midnight, you know, my men were on duty on the road. But i admit that not all drivers saw and paid attention to their presence,” explained Kombes Pol Komarudin again.
“So it’s natural and normal if there are negative comments about where the traffic police went, during a traffic jam like this. We monitored the comments appearing in cyberspace at around 20.30 WIB and were picked up by several online media. Well, we just kept quiet and didn’t take action. What’s the point? It’s impossible, we just entertain such comments one by one. Our work priority is to manage and untangle the horror traffic jam, not to answer comments,” continued the three-star Gemini officer from the Wira Pratama Akpol 1997 Battalion, emphasizing his statement. (Bembo)