DIS to celebrate new toll road

DIS to celebrate new toll road

JAKARTA: Anyone wishing to celebrate the opening of the new
Jl. Ampera toll road connecting South Jakarta to Tangerang can
join a motorcade organized by the Deutsche Internationale Schule
(DIS) on Sunday.

The motorcade is the German school's way of showing its
appreciation to toll road developer PT Jasa Marga and the
government.

The toll road was completed on May 5.

The school says the toll road will help DIS students avoid the
annoying traffic congestion along Jl. Deplu Raya that has plagued
them for eight years.

"During those years, DIS students (collectively) spent a total
of 380,000 hours, or 43 years, stuck in traffic jams. Now, we are
all grateful because it takes only 12 minutes to travel from the
South Jakarta toll entrance to the Bumi Serpong Damai exit," the
school management said in a release made available to The Jakarta
Post on Friday.

Participants will be invited to a free lunch and a swim at the
school compound. --JP