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Public, toll roads to be closed for King Salman

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Tue, February 28, 2017

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Public, toll roads to be closed for King Salman A man walks past parked Anoa tanks in the Senayan area on Tuesday. The tanks will be used as part of security measures for the royal visit of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and his entourage to Indonesia on March 1 to 3. (Antara/Rivan Awal Lingga)

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o make way for King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and his large entourage, several public roads and toll roads in Jakarta and Bogor, West Java, are going to be temporarily closed during the royal visit.

The Jakarta Police’s traffic division said that as soon as the Saudi Arabian leader lands at Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport on Wednesday, the police would close several roads that would be used as King Salman's route from the airport to Bogor Palace in West Java, where he will meet with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

“It is based on the standard procedure for a country leader guest -- they will be prioritized,” the division’s law enforcement head Adj. Sr. Comr. Budiyanto said Tuesday as quoted by tribunnews.com.

After his visit to Bogor Palace, King Salman is scheduled to return to Jakarta to visit Istiqlal Grand Mosque in Central Jakarta.

“We will make sure that the route is secure and that nothing can disrupt the guest,” he continued.

Meanwhile, toll road operator Jasa Marga revealed that an exit gate on the Jagorawi toll road was also going to be closed for one hour so that the King's group could use the exit.

“Exit access on the Jagorawi toll road in Bogor will be closed on March 1 between 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m,” the company’s assistant vice president of corporate communications, Dwimawan Heru, said. (idb)

 

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