Becakayu Toll Road Work Continues Bekasi Residents Asked To Anticipate Congestion

The long span SB-Arc bridge of the Becakayu Toll Road, Jalan Ahmad Yani, Bekasi City, West Java. (Photo: Pradita Kurniawan Syah/Antara).

JAKARTA - The Bekasi City Government, West Java, announced that in connection with the continued construction of the Bekasi-Cawang-Kampung Melayu (Becakayu) Toll Road project on Ahmad Yani Street, Bekasi City residents were asked to anticipate traffic jams.

"The continuation of this project will certainly have an impact on traffic flow in the work area, so residents can anticipate traffic jams and follow the officers' directions", said Head of the Bekasi City Transportation Service, Dadang Ginanjar, in Bekasi, as reported by Antara, Saturday, October 2.

He claimed to have instructed his staff to be on full alert in areas affected by the continuation of the project, to regulate traffic so as not to cause congestion.

Motorists who want to cross Ahmad Yani Street, Bekasi City are asked to find alternative routes during the project construction period to avoid traffic jams.

"If you are forced to cross the area around the work, be careful, obey the signs and follow the directions of our officers", he said.

Dadang said the continuation of the Becakayu Toll Road in Bekasi City was by the application letter from the project implementer, namely PT Kresna Kusuma Dyandra Marga (KKDM) Number 876/Dir-KKDM/IX/2021 dated September 20, 2021, which was addressed to the Mayor of Bekasi.

Director of Engineering and Operations of PT KKDM Aryo Gunanto said the Becakayu Toll project was continued with the work of transporting the girder beams and the second and third stages of the erection process which are planned to be completed on November 3, 2021.

"We have coordinated and asked for assistance from the local transportation agency to anticipate traffic jams that could potentially be caused by this work", he said.

The continuation of this project, he said, follows the completion of the erection girder work for the 1st stage of the SB-Arc long-span bridge.

"For this reason, we hope that motorists crossing Ahmad Yani Street in Bekasi City or the people of Bekasi City can follow the directions of officers in the field to anticipate traffic jams that occur", he said.