JORR W2 (Serpong Toll Road-Merak Toll Road) land acquisition to be finished in October, W1 finished by the end of 2008

In this blog, I will be posting new construction projects that are going on as well. As reported in today’s Kompas, the land acquisition problem that has plagued the JORR W2 for a decade is finally going to end in October. Jakarta officials have sent teams from both West Jakarta and South Jakarta to acquire land from their unfortunate owners in order to create space for the new road that will connect the neighborhoods of Pondok Indah, Ciledug, Kebon Jeruk and Puri Indah ( The new road terminates at the Puri Indah Mall Intersection of the Jakarta- Merak Toll Road) in less than 15 minutes, which is impossible to achieve today. Also in the news is that the JORR W1 connecting Puri Indah and the Airport Toll Road is scheduled to finish at the end of this year. The currently 40% complete highway is set to provide a quicker route to the airport for residents of Serpong, Tangerang, Kebon Jeruk and Lippo Karawaci. Also in the rainy season, when the airport toll roads gets flooded at Km’s 24-27, this will provide a highway route to the airport, considering that currently the only alternative routes are only local streets. How about that? Pondok Indah to Soekarno-Hatta in just 30 minutes? Sweetttttttttt…………

Tags: Construction, JORR