Rapid Development Of Cibitung-Cilincing Toll Road, Pelindo Group Delivers Good News: Sections 1, 2 And 3 Inaugurated June 2022

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JAKARTA - PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Persero) or Pelindo set a target to immediately inaugurate the Cibitung-Cilincing Toll Road. The plan, the inauguration will be carried out directly by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in June 2022.

Deputy President Director of Pelindo Hambra explained that the Cibitung-Cilincing Toll Road was actually the company's old homework or homework that had not been completed. The toll road construction was carried out together with Waskita Karya.

However, Hambra continued, after the merger or merger of the four port SOEs was carried out, the Pelindo Group officially controlled all toll road ownership, and the company focused on the settlement side.

"Hopefully, next month, President Jokowi will inaugurate Sections 1, 2 and 3. This is one of the post-merger acceleration processes," he said at a media gathering at the Maritime Museum, Jakarta, Thursday, May 19.

For your information, some time ago PT Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk through its subsidiary PT Waskita Toll Road has agreed to release all of its share ownership (divestment) in PT Cibitung Tanjung Priok Tollways (PT CTP), the Toll Road Business Entity (BUJT), the concession holder. Cibitung-Cilincing toll road.

Meanwhile, Waskita released a 55 percent share ownership portion to PT Access Pelabuhan Indonesia (PT API), a subsidiary of PT Pelindo (Persero) as the 45 percent shareholder in PT CTP. Now, the Cibitung-Cilincing Toll Road is now 100 percent controlled by PT API.

The Cibitung-Cilincing Toll Road itself will complete the structure of the road network in the Jabodetabek area, which already has an already operational Jakarta Outer Ring Road (JORR) I, and JORR-2 which is currently under construction.

The Cibitung-Cilincing Toll Road which crosses the Bekasi Regency area in West Java and DKI Jakarta Province is divided into 4 sections, and previously in 2021 the Cibitung-Cilincing Toll Road Section 1 of the 2.6 Km Cibitung-Telaga Asih SS section was officially operated. .

Currently, Section 2 of the Telaga Asih-Muara Bakti section (10.3 km) has progressed 98.76 percent, and Section 3 of the Muara Bakti-East Flood Canal section (14.35 km) has reached 99.14 percent progress has entered construction. the final stage and a Functional Feasibility Test (ULF) will be carried out.

Furthermore, Section 4 of the East-Cilincing Flood Canal (7.2 km) has reached 66.14 percent progress and is targeted for completion in mid-2022, so that the 4 sections of the Cibitung-Cilincing Toll Road have been completed.

The toll road will connect and facilitate logistics connectivity, industry, and community mobility that is connected from Cibitung to Cilincing, starting from the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road in the south and Tanjung Priok Access Toll Road in the north.

Later, this toll road will also support logistical access to Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta to the surrounding industrial area, and will connect with the Cimanggis-Cibitung Toll Road.