The Minister of State Owned Companies [BUMN] Dahlan Iskan had asked PT
Hutama Karya construction to start building the Trans Sumatra Toll road this
year being ashamed of the toll roads in Indonesia which was at minimum compared
to that in other countries. “Just do it. Shameful that Indonesia’s toll roads
are short and meager. By this semester three toll road sections must be build
in Sumatra” Minister Dahlan disclosed in Jakarta on Tuesday [19/2].
Of 21 sections of Trans Sumatra Highway stretched for 2,700 km long,
Hutama Karya could undertake building of 3 sections with Investment Rate of
Return above 13%. Meanwhile in termas of financing, Hutama Karya was asked to
actively seek funding, not to depend on State Capital Inclusion [PMN]. “Let’s
begin, no need to make lengthy inter-institutional discussion. If issuing bond
is necessary, please do so. There are 22 sections to be build, just begin with
three” Dahlan added on.
Trans Sumatra toll road building needed fund of around Rp360 trillion.
To execute the plan, Hutama Karya needed Presidential Regulation [Perpres] as
legality, considering that the toll road building was not through tender, but
by direct appointment.
Previously, Deputy Minister of Public Works Hermanto Dardak disclosed
that he had accomplished trace upon which the toll road would be build for
2,700 km of the 3,200 km being planned. Survey of the trace would pass through
the main cities of Sumatra starting from Bakauheni to Palembang, Medan and on
to Banda Aceh. Along that flat highway feeder roads would be built for the main
road from Pakanbaru to Padang and from Sibolga to Bengkulu.
The Trans Sumatra Highway would be built on the basis of Public Private
Partnership. Among the sections of Trans Sumatra to be prioritized by the
Ministry of Public Works was the Medan-Pakanbaru section. Planning of this
trace was only exercised in general, whilst the planning in detail would be
probed when the toll road project begins. (SS)
Business News - February 22,2013
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