Bekasi toll road to boost development

BEKASI: A 45-kilometer toll road will be built here next year, connecting the industrial area of Cikarang with Tanjung Priok port in North Jakarta.

The Karang Tanjung toll road will support the development of northern Bekasi, the head of the Bekasi Planning and Development Board, Atmadjaya, was quoted by Tempointeraktif.com as saying on Wednesday.

Atmadjaya added that the administration was now looking for investors to carry out the project, which will cost an estimated 2.3 trillion (US$250 million). Toll road operator PT Jasa Marga would also be involved in the project, he said.

"We have completed the feasibility study and the construction plan," he said. --JP