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