The Role of Organizing Routine Maintenance of Central Java Provincial Roads in Reducing Poverty and the Utilization of Android Device Technology

Abstract: Road operators prioritize regular road maintenance and inspection to maintain road service levels and improve road performance. In its implementation, The Department of Public Works of Highways and Human Settlements of Central Java Province organizes the Bina Marga Community Group (Mas Bima) which is consisted of poor and healthy people around the provincial road. The high public expectations of the demands for fulfilling road infrastructure are conveyed through social media and mass media. The resolution is then accommodated through the use of technology that is easy to apply, namely the Jalan Cantik application that can be operated with an Android device. This study uses a descriptive method that is to describe the object under study through the data and samples that have been collected by conducting a simple analysis and making conclusions that are applicable to the public. The analysis showed that there were 577 complaints from the public that enter the Jalan Cantik Application (as of August 2019) that were responded quickly within 1  24 hours. The condition of Provincial Roads in Central Java is maintained well, it gradually exceeds the 2019 RKPD performance target of 90.20%. Recorded 1,018 people of Bina Marga Community Group spread all over 9 Road Management Centers, this means that The Department of Public Works of Highways and Human Settlements of Central Java Province participated in reducing poverty by 0.109% of the poverty rate in Central Java.