For The U-17 World Cup, DKI Provincial Government Targets Road Repairs Around JIS October Rampung

Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) (Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - Acting (Plt) Head of the DKI Jakarta Highways Agency Heru Suwondo targets the repair of road access around the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) to be completed in October or before the implementation of the U-17 World Cup on November 10. "The work (road improvement) has been completed. Then (improvement) the sidewalks have just started. Hopefully in October it will be completed," Heru told reporters, Thursday, August 3. There are two roads that have been repaired around the international standard stadium, namely Jalan Lake Sunter Barat and Jalan Lake Sunter Permai. Improvement is in the form of improvement of concrete roads, sidewalk revitalization, and optimization of public street lighting (PJU). "Hopefully Bina Marga will work this year. So, the west Sunter road has increased roads to concrete, then sidewalks, and PJU. On Jalan Sunter Permai is also the same way," explained Heru. In general, the government found a number of problems that would be corrected on JIS infrastructure. Among them are match field grass that are not yet in accordance with FIFA standards, inadequate access, access to vehicle parking is still minimal, and the entrance to players. On road access issues, improvements are made by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government through the Bina Marga Office.

The DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency also plans to add several parking bags for JIS visitors. One of the locations that will be converted into JIS visitor parking lots is the Intermediate Treatment Facility (ITF) Sunter construction area which is on the west side of JIS. Then, a pedestrian bridge (JPO) will also be built which stretches from the eastern Ancol area to JIS for visitors who park their private vehicles in Ancol. On the one hand, the government is also speeding up the construction of the JIS Commuter Line KRL station. Both are carried out by the central government.