TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Wiyoto Wiyono toll road that leads to the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, collapsed on Wednesday morning, January 13. The incident caused long traffic jam from and to the airport, with vehicles unmoving for a kilometer.
Brigadier Geri, an officer at the Jakarta Police Management Center, said the road at kilometer 24, right on the overpass connecting the Pluit and Penjaringan.
"We have closed it for the time being," he said.
Jasa Marga spokesman Wasta Gunadi denied reports that an overpass at Wiyoto Wiyono toll road had collapsed.
"We are repairing one lane, this is just part of a regular maintenance," Wasta told Tempo yesterday.
RIKY FERDIANTO | ABDUL AZIS