Jakarta residents of Gandaria, Kebayoran Baru, South -Jakarta, welcomes the construction of the Gandaria Inter -Village Bridge (Jak), which is now equipped with an open -lock system (baskule). This bridge is considered firmer and modern and can reduce the potential for flooding. “The bridge used to be terrified, as he wanted to collapse. As the motorcycle passes, the bridge has thrown. So residents asked to be new because of danger, ‘said a resident named Ratna, 45, when they met in the Gandaria area, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, Saturday (16/8/2025). According to Ratna, the old bridge was also a cause of flooding because a lot of garbage was stuck in the bottom pole of the bridge, so that the flow of water was blocked. Browse to continue with Gandaria-Mulia Bridge Content Bridge (Jak) before reviving it. (Doc Bina Marga DKI) In addition to the fragile old bridge, garbage is stacked up in residents often flooded. “In the past, there was a buffer pace underneath, so the garbage stuck there and it continued to flood. If there was no new one on it, the flow was willing, the flow was smooth,” he said. In addition to smoother flower flow, residents hope that the presence of this open -closed system allows heavy equipment to enter the river area for mud and garbage, especially during the rainy season. “In the past, backhoe was difficult to enter. Now the bridge can be opened, so hopefully it can be cleaned more frequently,” he said. Wati, 35, said he was happy and tried to use the new bridge. He hopes that Jak Gandaria can no longer flood his territory because of the current flow of times. “Formerly, from concrete. Well, there’s a little garbage that gets stuck in the middle of the iron, so it’s clogged and flooded. Only since this bridge didn’t get stuck, the garbage wasn’t stuck, nor clogged,” he said. As is well known, the Bascule bridge was indeed proposed by the Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta (Deputy Governor) Rano Karno. He wants this bridge to facilitate the process of normalizing rivers in the capital. Inter -village Bridge (Jak) adopted Gandaria, or Jak adopted Mulia in South Jakarta to be the first bridge in Jakarta that could be lifted to open and closed. (Doc Bina Marga DKI) Because Rano said that one of the obstacles for the Rivierbagger in Jakarta is the trouble of making heavy equipment such as digging to the location to the location because it is blocked by a permanent bridge. “I ask yes (made an open closed bridge). Because technical problems are there,” Rano said in Jakarta City Hall on Monday (11/8). He said the permanent bridge made the process of moving the tool slowly and complicated. With the open-Naby bridge, the river normalization process is expected to be easier. “Almost average our bridge cannot be passed. Do you want to enter a difficult river, go out again, move to other regions. It is very difficult,” he continued. (Call/JBR)
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