Ceplak-Kronjo road repair begins

Ceplak-Kronjo road repair begins

TANGERANG: In response to protests by angry residents who blocked
a main road that connects three districts in Tangerang regency
last week, the regency administration appointed a new contractor
to continue the temporarily halted road repair project.

Chief of the regency's main highway construction and
irrigation agency Maryoso said on Monday that newly
appointed contractor PT Benteng Bangunan Sejahtera would
begin repairing the 12-kilometer artery connecting Balaraja,
Kresek and Kronjo districts next week.

He said the administration had provided a Rp 10 billion
in funds to finance the road repairs, which would be completed
within three months.

Thousands of residents from the three districts blocked
the main road last month to demand the administration repair the
damaged artery. The road was blocked from Ceplak market in
Balaraja to Kronjo district, preventing all vehicles,
except motorcycles, from passing.

Residents living along the road became angry and blocked the
road in protest because many of them, especially children, had
suffered from respiratory problems due to dust, kicked up every
time cars went past.--JP