Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Jakarta Provincial Government is setting up a backup traffic control system after a major fire severely damaged the province’s main transportation command center late Friday (August 7).
“I have coordinated with the head of the Transportation Office, and we agreed to use the data and information center on MT Haryono Street as a backup operations center,” Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung said on Sunday.
The blaze, which engulfed the upper floors of the Jakarta Revenue Agency building, forced the Jakarta Transportation Office’s Command Center on the 16th floor offline.
The facility remotely monitors and manages traffic across the capital, including coordinating road access for high-level dignitaries.
With the main command center offline, Anung said one potential impact is disruption to traffic management at intersections equipped with automated traffic lights.
To mitigate the impact, the administration will increase the number of personnel deployed on the ground. Transportation officers will be stationed at several intersections requiring manual traffic control to maintain a steady flow of vehicles while the main digital infrastructure is restored.
“We hope everything will be fully restored within a maximum of one month,” Anung said.
The governor assured the public that the local government is implementing the contingency plan to minimize disruptions to public mobility.
“Hopefully, this will not severely disrupt traffic flow in Jakarta,” he added.
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