Frequent Accidents, Government Stop All Toll Road Projects

INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - Concerning the incident of the concrete collapse of the Becakkayu toll road project, East Jakarta, the government decided temporarily to temporarily lay off heavy construction work and on floating land.

So our kite construction paused to be evaluated with the Construction Construction Committee team, said Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono in a press release after the Limited Meeting at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, Tuesday (2/20).

The Minister of PUPR explained that the decision to conduct the moratorium was taken in a meeting between him and the Minister of SOEs Rini Soemarno and Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi, before all three attended the Limited Meeting at the Presidential Office.

Later, Basuki continued, the Ministry of SOEs through the state-owned SOE his work also evaluate with the consultant independently for several things. First, the work method, its SOP, its human resources, its tools, all will be evaluated including its design to find its root cause.

So we stop temporarily, hopefully not too long, bright Basuki.

According to the Minister of PUPR, this temporary suspension or moratorium is for all activities, from toll roads, long bridges, and later to fly or Light Rail Transit (LRT). Hopefully, this moratorium does not delay the implementation schedule or work schedule until the completion because it will not start together.

Now we stop together, then we evaluate everywhere which for example the work of LRT in Palembang and here we will prioritize first because it will be ahead of the Asian Games will be first, said Minister of PUPR Basuki Hadimuljono.

Basuki explained that this moratorium is an order from the President in order to be able to perform evaluation measures.

He asserted, which is not a moratorium on infrastructure development, but temporarily stop the execution of work that exists on the surface of the land / the overpass, especially the heavy one