Blessings Of The Bocimi Toll Road, Jokowi: Jakarta-Sukabumi Travel Is Only 2.5 Hours

President Jokowi inaugurated the Bocimi Section II Toll Road (Photo: Youtube screenshot of the Presidential Secretariat by Fakhri Rezy/VOI)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated the Bogor-Ciawi-Sukabumi (Bocimi) Section II Cigombong-Cibadak Toll Road. The reason is, the toll road can cut the Jakarta-Sukabumi, West Java trip to only 2.5 hours.

"Alhamdulillah, the Cigombong-Cibadak section will accelerate the journey from Jakarta to Sukabumi. Usually 5 hours to 2.5 or 2 hours," said President Jokowi after inaugurating the Cigombong - Cibadak toll road section at the Parungkuda toll gate, Sukabumi, West Java, Friday.

During the event, President Jokowi was accompanied by Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono, Minister of SOEs Erick Thohir, Governor of West Java Ridwan Kamil, and other relevant officials.

"Even before there were those (traveling) for up to 6 hours, 9 hours, 8 hours because there was a market being jammed, workers leaving the factory was jammed. I experienced myself once, almost 6 hours," said the President.

With the inauguration of the toll road, congestion can be avoided.

"This means that the mobility of people with the mobility of goods will be faster with this toll road, and if you want to go to Pelabuhan Ratu to Geopark Ciletuh, to Ujung Genteng everything will become open because it is faster," added the President.

President Jokowi also said that the opening of the toll road was a gift for the anniversary of independence.

"Yes, this is a gift for the 78th independence anniversary for West Java Province, especially to Sukabumi," said the President.

The President also ordered the completion of Section III and Section IV of the Bocimi Toll Road to be pushed as soon as possible.

The Bogor - Ciawi - Sukabumi Toll Road has 4 sections with a total length of 54 km with the progress of Section 1 Ciawi - Cigombong along 15.35 km has been operating since December 2018. Then two other sections, namely Section 3 Cibadak - West Sukabumi along 13.70 km and Section 4 of the Sukabumi Barat - East Sukabumi section along 13.05 km in the progress of land acquisition.

Section 2 Cigombong-Cibadak has been operational since the Eid homecoming flow from April 15, 2023 to May 1, 2023, and recorded an average daily traffic increase of 66.20 percent compared to the 2022 homecoming period, which is an average of around 38,716 passing vehicles.

This toll road is expected to be an alternative link to tourism areas around the Lido area, Sukabumi, Pelabuhan Ratu, Ujung Genteng, to Geopark Ciletuh.

The presence of this toll road will also further facilitate the economic connectivity of the community, both from the industrial, goods and services sectors because it will be connected to the southern part of West Java, such as Bogor and Ciawi.