Roxy overpass to be built

JAKARTA: The Jakarta Transportation Agency has advised motorists to avoid Jl. Hasyim Ashari in Central Jakarta starting on Saturday since the traffic along the road will be obstructed following the beginning of the construction of Roxy overpass.

"The construction of the overpass will narrow the road. We will reroute traffic, but we expect motorists to avoid the road from the time being," the agency's head Rustam Effendy Sidabutar told in a statement released to the media on Friday.

Motorists are advised to follow traffic signs and officers on duty around the location.

He said that the construction of the Roxy overpass was part of the development of infrastructure for the new busway project.

The third busway corridor linking Harmoni in Central Jakarta and Kalideres in West Jakarta will pass the road.

The busway will pass Jl. Suryo Pranoto while the Roxy overpass is under construction. --JP.