Infrastructure

Strategic Road Construction Prioritized

VIVAnews - The government will continue constructing strategic roads in various Indonesian regions in 2009 including several main highways such as Sulawesi West Route, Kalimantan South Route, Sumatra, North Coast of Java, Papua and WEst Papua. This is aimed at improving the economy.

Director General of Road Management at the Department of Public Works, Hermanto Dakdak, said that the development of the main routes is intended at expediting product distribution. "Domestic products can be more competitive," said Dakdak on Thursday, Jan 15.
 
One of the targeted project is concerned with Sumatra East Coast Route stretching to 200 kilometers with Rp 1.8 trillion of budget. As for 1.877 kilometers of Sumatra West Route will have Rp 300 billion of budget; and Sumatra Middle Route (2,287 km) will have Rp 657 billion of budget. 

Dakdak said that, as for Sumatra East Route and Java North Coast, the government is targeting that there will be no more second-class highways. "The roads must be capable of enduring 10-ton vehicles," he said.

The 1.239 km Java North Coast project will have Rp 1.845 trillion of budget. This year, Directorate General of Road Management will continue construct four-line roads connecting Jakarta to Semarang. It will then proceed to Demak and Kudus. Gebang flyover will be built to solve local traffic jam.

Some other road projects in Kalimantan include 2,949 km Kalimantan South Route connecting Balikpapan - Banjarmasin - Palangkaraya - Pontianak - Entikong. A 1,557 km Kalimantan North Coast in borderlines will have Rp 203 billion of budget and a 1,418 km Kalimantan Middle Route will have Rp 308 billion of budget. "Tough natural condition is the main obstacle of road construction in Kalimantan," he said.

Sulawesi main economic route in West Sulawesi will have Rp 1.029 trillion of budget in 2009. Four-line road construction will take place in, among any others, Parepare - Maros and Majene - Mamuju.

In West Papua, Directorate General of Road Construction will work on 253 km Manokwari - Bituni road; 536 km Manokwari - Sorong; 88 km Sorong - Makbon - Mega; and 161 km Fakfak - Bomberay road with Rp 316 billion of budget. 

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Translated by: Bonardo Maulana Wahono

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