Tomorrow the Jakarta-Cikampek elevated toll road will change its name, this is the road that is closed by all pages

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is scheduled to inaugurate a new name Highway Toll Jakarta-Cikampek (Japek) on Monday (12/04/2021).

The inauguration will be carried out at the entrance to KM 10 A Junction Cikunir, Bekasi City, West Java. Therefore, the toll gate entrance will be temporarily closed, starting from 05.00-10.00 WIB.

The closure will only be carried out on 2 access lanes, while the traffic flow from the East (Karawang KM 47 B) to Jakarta will not experience closure.

During the closing time, road users can still take the Japek Flyover from the direction of JORR (Rorotan-Bintara) or by using the old toll network at the bottom.

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Mohammed Bin Zayed Flyover

Referring to the Permit of the Minister of PUPR Number BM.07.02-Mn / 635, it is known that the name flyover toll it will be converted into the Mohammed Bin Zayed Highway.

This was confirmed by the President Director of PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk Subakti Syukur. According to him, the name change was carried out at the request of the Secretariat of the President of the Republic of Indonesia.

“Yes, this is a request from the Presidential Secretariat,” said Subakti to him Kompas.com, Saturday (10/04/2021).

Since the name change was an official request, Subakti emphasized that Jasa Marga, as the manager of the elevated toll road, is ready to carry out the order.

This toll expressway is the longest elevated toll road and is a multilevel toll road (double decker motorway) the first in Indonesia because it was built on the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road.

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The purpose of the construction of this toll road is to separate the Jakarta-Bekasi-Cikarang short-distance commuter movement (collector / existing lanes) from long-distance movements to Cirebon, Bandung, Semarang, and Surabaya (express / elevated lanes), especially class I non-buses.

Profile of Mohammed Bin Zayed

Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ), whose full name is Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, is the crown prince of Abu Dhabi.

He is also the top deputy commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Army.

The man who was born March 11, 1961 became the crown prince of Abu Dhabi in November 2004 and was appointed deputy supreme commander of the UAE army forces in January 2005.

A month later, he was promoted to General.

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Since December 2004 Al Nahyan has also been chair of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council which deals with the development and planning of the Abu Dhabi Emirate and a member of the Supreme Petroleum Council.

The name MBZ is known to the Indonesian public after President Jokowi entrusted him to become Chairman of the New Capital Development Steering Board.

The position of the New Capital Development Steering Committee is also filled by two other names, namely Masayoshi Son and Tony Blair.

The three of them play a role in providing input and advice, promoting and building the confidence of global investors to invest in Indonesia.

In addition, MBZ also plays a role in the investment plan of 10 billion US dollars or equivalent to Rp 144 trillion which will be placed in the managed funds of the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA).

(Author: Hilda B Alexander)

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