13 New Toll Roads Ready to Operate from October to December 2018
The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) continues to push for the completion of new toll roads in various regions. The massive toll road construction is aimed at increasing inter-regional connectivity in order to reduce logistics costs as mandated by Nawa Cita, the Government of President Joko Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla in enhancing the competitiveness of the Indonesian people.
"Through the PPP scheme, the government aims to overcome the financial gap of infrastructure, especially toll roads for the timeliness of its completion, so that it can provide tangible benefits for the country and society" said PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono. In the last three years (2015-2017), the length of new toll roads in Indonesia has increased by 332 Km. While from January to September 2018, the length of toll roads that have been operating is 136.1 km.
Furthermore, from October to December 2018 it is targeted to be ready to operate as many as 13 new toll roads with a total length of 468.1 Km. In more detail, based on data from the Toll Road Regulatory Agency (BPJT) of the Ministry of PUPR, in October 2018 it is planned that there will be four new 109 Km toll roads that are ready for operation, namely Pejagan-Pemalang Toll Section sections 3 and 4 (37.3 km) and Pemalang-Batang Toll Road for Sewaka-Simpang Susun (SS) Pemalang segment (5.4 km), Solo-Ngawi Toll Road for Sragen-Ngawi SS segment (50.9 km) and Section 1 Ciawi-Cigombong Ciawi-Sukabumi Toll Road ( 15.4 km). In November 2018 it is targeted that 2 new toll roads are ready to be operated, namely Pemalang-Batang Toll Section I and II (SS Pemalang-Batang) along 33.8 km and Semarang-Solo Toll Road sections 4 and 5 Salatiga-Kartasura for 32, 5 km. In the close of the year (December 2018), a total of 7 toll roads with a total length of 292.8 km are ready for operation.
The seven toll road segments are part of the Trans Java and Sumatra Toll Roads, namely the 1-5-section Batang-Semarang Toll Road (75 km), the Ngawi-Kertosono Toll Road segment, Wilangan-Kertosono segment, which is financed by APBN (39.1 km), Toll Road Kertosono-Mojokerto section 4 (0.9 km), Relocation of 6.3 km Porong-Gempol (Porong-Kejapanan) Toll Road section, Gempol-Pasuruan section 3 Toll Road Pasuruan-Grati (12.2 km), Pasuruan Toll Road - Probolinggo section 1-3 Grati-Probolinggo Timur (32.4 km), and the Bakauheni-Terbanggi Besar Toll Road Package 1-4 along 126.9 km.
