Traffic congestion in Bintaro

Traffic congestion in Bintaro

From Bisnis Indonesia

Under the assumption that the toll road would help ease access
from Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) to Jakarta through Bintaro, as part
of the integrated Jakarta Outer Ring Road, the real estate
developer opened up the BSD-Bintaro toll road without taking into
account the road load and the carrying capacity of the Bintaro
area and parts of South Jakarta (foreign ministry housing
compound, Veteran, Tanah Kusir and the surrounding areas).

As a result, thousands of vehicles from Serpong, BSD, Pamulang
and the surrounding areas pass through Bintaro on their way to
Jakarta, a situation very disturbing to Bintaro residents.

If this BSD-Bintaro toll road had been opened together with
the completion of the W2 (Ulujami-Veteran-Pondok Pinang) section
of the Jakarta Outer Ring Road, things would be different. There
would be less load as part of the traffic would be transferred to
the toll road.

It is time to calculate the losses caused by this stupid
planning. What is the cost of the two hours wasted just to get to
Jakarta, plus the consequent stress?

The state-owned company in charge of road construction and
maintenance, Jasa Marga, previously very enthusiastic to take
over this Jakarta Outer Ring Road project, should be more
responsive to this problem. They should not just keep telling the
public that they have spent a lot of money to clear the land for
this project because the cost of land clearing is included in the
project valuation.

Or, perhaps, the president director of Jasa Marga would like
to better understand this problem and suffer from stress every
day along with Bintaro residents and thereafter suffer a stroke,
too?

DODO REZA ALEX
Jakarta