Routine work done by the Public Works Department of Highways in the framework of the national highway maintenance KM 59 Sumedang - Cirebon continues to be driven endlessly continues over time especially during the rainy season as it is today. Heavy vehicle load exceeds the capacity mainly done by trucks transporting sand and coal made the highway that was built only a capacity of 8 tons of lead national highway traffic Sumedang - Cirebon, especially at KM 59 is not able to last long. Due to this, coupled with the weather in this rainy season makes highways damaged and perforated, which if not immediately corrected comfort and safety for road users have become impaired, the level of traffic accidents due to poor road conditions increased.
The efforts made by the Ministry of Public Works and Highways to maintain care for national highway is not enough to just do without any awareness of the whole society of this national highway users. Not to mention the quality of maintenance performed is also far from perfect for a variety of factors, including: - Material Quality Hotmix bad
- Means of the equipment used for the treatment is not worth taking.
- The wages of labor are very small
- agencies associated with highways, such as the Transport Agency, Police, Public Works Department itself as well as other agencies do not work together to support each other in their care.
- The level of public awareness of road users is still lacking