Jacques-Emmanuel Saulnier (senior vice president Citizenship Engagement and General Delegate of the TotalEnergies Foundation) and Benacer Boulaajoul (director general, National Road Safety Agency Morocco & Steering Committee Chair, African Regional Road Safety Observatory – ARSO), together with IRF President Anouar Benazzouz, took centre stage at the IRF Annual Conference 2022 hosted in Marrakech for a very special announcement.
The Bogor-Ciawi-Sukabumi (Bocimi) toll road is a series of national strategic projects to help reduce traffic congestion along the existing factory-lined roadway, as well as enhance regional connectivity and tourism in West Java. Spanning 54 kilometers, the new highway corridor is expected to shorten travel time between the Bogor and Sukabumi provinces from two hours to 30 minutes and boost economic conditions in the surrounding Sukabumi area. Construction is divided into four phases, the first of which measures 15.35 kilometers and is already complete. PT Waskita Karya (Waskita) is the main contractor for the IDR 2.1 trillion second section, spanning 11.9 kilometers between Cigombong and Cibadak, and set for completion in 2023 after being delayed due to the pandemic.
