Bogor to have ring road

BOGOR: Toll road constructor PT Jasa Marga will start the construction of a 11.2-kilometer ring road next year that will connect Baranangsiang-Sentul-Kedung Badak-Cilebut-Cibadak and Darmaga subdistrict.

Jasa Marga business division head Agung Purnomo said on Friday the construction would be done in four phases.

"The first step is to construct a 3.8-kilometer road connecting Sentul and Kedung Badak," he told Tempo News Room.

The first phase of the construction alone will cost Rp 224.3 billion (US$26.4 million), while the toll fee proposed is Rp 2,000.

Agung said a rough estimation of the total cost of the construction would be about Rp 1 trillion.

"We are still waiting for the project feasibility study," he said.

According to company spokesman Zuhdi Saragih, the proposal was in the hands of the Bogor municipal office.

"But the project has to wait because we're still working on the Cileunyi-Sumedang-Dawuan toll road," he said. -- JP