JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – weighbridge issue now is getting the attention of the two ministries, namely the Ministry of Transport (MoT) and Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR).
Previously, weigh bridges managed by local government (LG) however, after the discovery of bribery (extortion) that occurred at the bridge-weighbridge especially in Central Java, the management moved into the hands of the Ministry of Transportation.
Therefore, the Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi invite the Ministry PUPR to be equally together in the reactivation process several weighbridge.
“MoT want to enable the bridge to set the burden of excess that is often found on highways resulting in damaged roads,” said Minister PUPR Basuki Hadimuljono, when met at his office PUPR, Jakarta Thursday (10/11/2016).
Budi feel, the problem can not be handled by the Ministry of Transportation that requires the Ministry PUPR to be able to repair roads damaged by trucks with a tonnage in excess passed weighbridge .
Read: extortion at Weigh Stations Make roads Damaged
the road damage that happens to be on the lines of logistics such as the North Coast Line (coast) and in the eastern. In addition, some also occurred in Kalimantan and Sumatra.
“Of the 141 active weighbridge only 81. We will try a pilot project in five weigh stations that will be activated in Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi,” said Budi.
Encountered in different occasions, the Director General of Highways Ministry PUPR Arie Setiadi Moerwanto revealed as a result of a truck load that exceeds the capacity, is the road which had been 10 years old then could only last for one year.
” almost everything, especially pathways for example logistics and other Pantura this damaged road. the road was 10 years old only strong one year alone as a result of the trucks, “he said.
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