Main road collapses in North Jakarta
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 09/16/2010 3:10 PM
Slip road? Residents look at a collapsed section of Jl. RE Martadinata in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on Thursday. Antara/Ujang Zaelani
A section of Jl. R.E. Martadinata in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, more than 100 meters long subsided 7 meters early on Thursday morning, hampering motorists from the Ancol area getting to Tanjung Priok Port.
To avoid congestion, Jakarta Police deployed more officers to reroute motorists onto alternative roads, police chief Insp. Gen. Timur Pradopo said during his visit to the collapsed road.
“The police and officials from the Public Works Ministry will set up a team to investigate the cause of the incident,” he added.
Meanwhile, motorcycles and cars are being allowed to travel on an unimpaired section of the road from Tanjung Priok to the Ancol area, said Timur.
State-run road contractor PT Binamarga District II director Winarno said the sloping ground might have caused the road to collapse.
River water, from a dredging project in the nearby Jabat River, had softened the soil on which the road was built, he added.
