Astra Starts Widening Cipali Toll Road

Photo: Doc. Antara

JAKARTA - The manager of the Cikopo-Palimanan (Cipali) Toll Road, Astra Tol Cipali, has started working on widening roads, to increase the comfort of the Trans Java toll road users.

"This road widening is based on a study on traffic studies and traffic conditions on the Cipali Toll Road," said Firdaus Azis, President Director of ASTRA Tol Cipali, in Subang, quoted from Antara, Friday, March 10.

He conveyed that the road widening project or the third lane carried out was a form of ASTRA's seriousness in the Cipali Toll Road in realizing excellent service to road users.

It was stated that the third lane widening activity was carried out in stages starting in 2023. This is in accordance with the study of traffic studies and traffic conditions on the Cipali Toll Road.

According to him, the activity of this road widening location was carried out at priority locations. Among them are KM 72-85 and in front of the rest area of KM 86 towards Cirebon and Jakarta, KM 101 and KM 102 and KM 130 towards Cirebon and Jakarta.

"In principle, we are ready to accelerate widening in the following years, based on traffic studies and evaluation of traffic conditions that are deemed necessary to expand in other locations," he said.

Firdaus said, in its implementation, the work on widening the third lane was divided into two packages.

The first packages are KM 72 + 109 to KM 80 + 000 and rest area KM 130 and the second package starts from KM 80 + 000 to 85 + 850 and rest area 86, and KM 101 and KM 102 towards Cirebon and Jakarta.

The construction activity for the Cipali Toll Road widening was marked by the laying of the first stone, starting from KM 72+109 to KM 85+850

The groundbreaking procession was carried out by turning on the siren as a sign of the inauguration of the third lane widening work on the Cipali Toll Road.

During the procession, Astra Infra Group Chief Operating Officer Kris Ade Sudiyono, ASTRA President Director of Cipali Toll Road Firdaus Azis, Director of Operations Agung Prasetyo and ASTRA Chief Executive Infra Solutions Ega N Boga.

ASTRA Tol Cipali appointed PT Astra Infra Solutions as Project Management Consultant in carrying out the third lane widening work, as well as appointing the First Package Supervision Consultant, PT Mitracific Consulindo International and the Second Package Supervision Consultant, PT Indec Internusa.