Seeing the Becakayu Toll Road Progress
Bekasi - Cawang Toll Road - Kampung Melayu or familiarly known as Becakayu, IB-IC Section stretches 8.4 Km has been operating since November 2017 connecting Cipinang to Jaka Sampurna. This toll road has become an alternative for Bekasi residents to Cipinang, East Jakarta, with a tariff of Rp. 14,000 for class I. In 2018, the period of January to July, the volume of vehicle traffic passing on this toll road was 2,367,461 with an average vehicle per day is 11,171.
The Becakayu toll road, which stretches for 23.8 km, was built by elevated road stretching from the Tambun - Bekasi area to the Kampung Melayu region with a length of 21.04 Km and consisting of two sections, namely Section I Kasablanka - Jaka Sampurna along 11 , 9 Km and Section II Jaka Sampurna - Margajaya are 4.1 Km.
Currently the progress for Section I Kasablanka - Jaka Sampurna is 95.62%, Section II Jaka Sampurna - Margajaya is 12.38% and is targeted to be used in July 2019. The toll road which has an investment cost of 7.2 Trillion is the answer to the community's needs for the problem of flows and increasingly crowded traffic volumes and have an impact on longer travel times. If during this time the travel time from Bekasi City to Jakarta is about two hours drive, the operation of the Becakayu Toll Road is expected to shorten the travel time of about one and a half hours. Later, from Bekasi to Kampung Melayu it is estimated that it can be taken in 30 minutes. The presence of the Bekasi - Cawang Toll Road - Kampung Melayu will excite other infrastructure sectors in the Bekasi area. One of them is to improve property performance in Bekasi.
This toll road is believed to be its own attraction from the residential sector for people who are daily driving to Jakarta. It is hoped that if the entire Bekasi - Cawang - Kampung Melayu toll road has been operated, it will reduce congestion that often occurs on Jalan Kalimalang and the Jakarta Cikampek Toll Road which often experience accumulation of vehicle volume at Halim Toll Gate. The existence of the Bekasi - Cawang Toll Road - Kampung Melayu will also improve the smooth traffic of logistics vehicles heading to Karawang, Cibitung and Bandung, thereby reducing the volume of traffic on the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road.
As information for PT. Kresna Kusuma Dyandra Marga is a Toll Road Business Entity that carries out the operation of the Bekasi - Cawang Toll Road - Kampung Melayu owned by PT. Waskita Toll Road is 60%, PT. Jasa Marga Tbk at 1.03%, PT Tirtobumi Prakarsatama 14.97%, PT Citra Mandiri Sukses Sejati 12.00%, Indadi Utama 6.00% and PT Remaja Bangun Kencana 6.00% Toll Road Concession Agreement was signed on February 22, 2007 and amended on December 16, 2011. The period of the Bekasi - Cawang Toll Road - Kampung Melayu concession is 45 years. Technically this toll road has a planned speed of 80 Km / hour with a final track 2x3.
