Kalimalang toll road

Kalimalang toll road

From Kompas

Construction of the Kalimalang Bekasi to Jakarta toll road
began in 1997 but unfortunately had to be stopped in 1998 when an
acute economic crisis hit the country.

Virtually nothing has been heard about the project since then,
except that the contractor is involved in a legal problem
concerning a toll road construction project in South Jakarta.

Residents living around the Kalimalang Bekasi to Jakarta
project have long awaited its completion, as this road will ease
the long, heavy traffic jams along Kalimalang, between Bekasi and
Jakarta.

Residents living close to the project have received financial
compensation from the Jakarta provincial administration in
exchange for their land appropriated for the toll road.

Within this context, PT Jasa Marga, the company responsible
for the project, should immediately resume construction so that
the road may be used by local people, who are obedient taxpayers.

R. PANGARIBUAN
Jakarta