BINA MARGA - The Lebaran Path Readiness Review Team led by the Minister's Expert Staff for Development Integrity Adang Saf Ahmad reviewed the Central Java crossing road from Jakarta to Purwokerto on Tuesday (5/6). The review route starts from Jakarta - Purbaleunyi Toll - Nagrek Circle - Gentong - Tasikmalaya - Ciamis - Cilacap - Majenang - Wangon - Ajibarang (Banyumas) - Purwokerto. During the trip the team and the entourage stopped at several points of the Lebaran lane post.

The review also accompanied the Head of the Monitoring and Evaluation Head of the Thomas Setiabudi Aden Road Preservation Directorate, the Geotechnical Sub Directorate and Slope Management of the Rakhman Taufik Road Development Directorate, and representatives from BBPJN VI Jakarta and BBPJN VII Semarang. The visit was carried out in carrying out the Ministerial Instruction (Inmen) No. 02 / IN / M / 2018 concerning Monitoring of Road and Bridge Infrastructure Readiness for the Lebaran Path 2018.

In the review, Adang said that the people's expectations in going home included 3 factors, namely safe, comfortable, smooth.

Safe means that from Jakarta to the east via the north coast through the middle lane through the south lane to its destination safely, we see friends at BBPJN VI making markings especially those in the middle right how will the driver be able to drive his vehicle with each other impact with other vehicles. Most of the markers already exist and some are being worked on. Besides road markings, of course, that this factor is safe is very dominant driver, "said Adang.

Comfortable is the second most important factor for travelers. Adang explained that, Bina Marga Own has a standard of comfort for motorists on the road by referring to the International Roughness Index (IRI). So that comfort can be realized on its IRI scale of 4, "said Adang.

In general, these national roads are very convenient for motorized vehicles, even there are several national roads that are the same as the toll road, "Adang stressed. There are several national roads that are not comfortable yet uncomfortable because the road has not yet been reconstructed, there is a condition where the road may be due to the length of time, the vehicle load exceeds the load there causing the bumpy road to not yet comfortable "added adang.

Hopefully with maximum friends' efforts, this means that what can be done before Lebaran is if there are holes in the lid, if the holes are large, the name is Patching / Patching where the road is ordered to be blocked and then replaced and closed flat.

This means that it has also been maximally sought in this very short time how this comfort can be fulfilled, however in certain segments where the road is supposed to have been reconstructed, but not yet reconstructed and the burden is beyond the ordinary. Overloading the load here means that trucks passing the road are known as "ODOL", namely Over Dimensions and Over Load. So the truck is added, for example the normal length of a normal truck is about 5 meters then it can be 7 meters. Therefore it will have a very distructive impact on the road. And this happens repeatedly (repetition).

The smooth factor here is meant that the travelers are expected to arrive on time at their hometown. Suppose the homecomers leave Saturday to reach their village on Sunday. To realize this smooth coordination must be with various parties. As in the points that can be a bottleneck or a source of traffic jams. Of course, there must be special efforts here from how many to H + how much coordination with all parties such as the Road Traffic and Traffic Agency (DLLAJR), the police and so on to stop the overflowing markets. Our hope is that the H- and H + spilled markets will be closed. So there is no more bottleneck phenomenon caused by the spilled market. So hopefully the homecoming flow can be smooth.

Next Thomas added that this year the travelers were given three choices. North, central and south lines. All we prepare, including tolls that are parallel with national roads. In addition, all the centers in each area both Sumatra and Java already have a post that is equipped with all the equipment. We try to continue to serve the community. Not in any moment of Eid we will continue to work like this "said Thomas. (KompuBM)