Operation schedule of Cimanggis-Cibitung toll road delayed
Wednesday, June 19 2019 - 02:46 AM WIB
The operation schedule of the Cimanggis-Cibitung toll road project in West Java Province owned by PT Cibitung Tanjung Priok Port Tollways has been pushed back to October 2019 from the initial schedule of first semester, Bisnis Indonesia reported on Wednesday.
The paper quoted Alex Siwu, Corporate Secretary of PT Waskita Toll Road, the parent company of PT Cibitung, as saying that the company needs more time to complete the section I of the Cimanggis-Cibitung toll road project.
He said that construction progress of the 3.32-km section I has now reached 86.7 percent, while progress of the 23.01-km section II stands at around 40 percent. Section II is targeted to start operation in early 2020.
The Cimanggis-Cibitung toll road project forms part of the Jakarta Outer Ring Road 2, to help resolve heavy traffic in the Jakarta Outer Ring Road 1 and provide alternative toll route for trucks moving from industrial centers in Bekasi (West Java) to the Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta. (*)