Unfriendly Road

           Actually, the question of appropriateness of the condition of roads in the city of Surabaya as it is not something new for the citizens of the city. Road surface conditions are almost dominated by the many holes and bumpy, further indicates that the improvements made are not fully in accordance with community expectations. Repairs are carried out seems to be limited on the condition that really badly damaged, but there are parts of other roads that also need to be addressed. For example, if there is a small hole in the shoulder area or the road is not repaired soon it will certainly widen the hole due to often burdened by the traffic passing by the vehicle wheels. That is, the bigger the damage to be considered as minor damage is negligible. Not to mention when the rainy season, as now, a puddle of water covering the hole the way to its own problems for the riders. As a newcomer and one of the users of the road in the city of Surabaya, the authors feel discomfort in the drive directly. Frequent occurrence of accidents according to the author of one of the triggers is the road conditions are less "friendly", so many of the riders often fall just to avoid a pothole that was not visible from a distance. Like a hole in the road ahead Menur Adhi Wangsa Apartments project (former landfill). Other conditions have ever experienced when passing in Jalan Arif Rahman Hakim precisely on the east side of O-Renz Market, there is a hole that is often improved, but the next day had come gudukan basin and hot mix. This is the result of still-wet asphalt as well as any repairs during the rainy season, so the process became perkerasannya-impaired. In this case, if the drainage of Highways and Roads has taken better if the repairs will like it. It needs a breakthrough or a new method in the following road improvement of technical implementation, in order to obtain the quality of road-friendly vehicles.      Another problem caused by the repair itself is the high road to the front elevation (environment) residential houses around it. Klampis Semalang settlement in the area, for example, according to the local people used to face the street elevation is not as high now. However, as time went on the road to the aisle, level of approximately village nearly 50 cm. This situation is also one of the causes of flooding the village tergenangnya other factors in addition to the low awareness of citizens in the trash as well as the rising river water. This is a form of writer's personal concern over road conditions from time to time have also shown significant progress. Size of the budget earmarked for road repairs from the hundreds of millions to billions of dollars, but the result is yes "-that's" only. Ironic and quite alarming, that's really how low quality image quality (improved) roads in the country. This is a question as well as records for the parties concerned to give serious attention to public facilities as a ministry to people who already pay taxes.

                                                     (Posted in The Daily Sun, dated May 17, 2010, or clic www.surya.co.id)