Ready To Operate, Bengkulu Toll Road - Taba Penjung Tunggu Inaugurated Jokowi

JAKARTA - The inauguration of the Bengkulu-Lubuk Linggau toll road section by the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is waiting for the completion of the third phase. This was conveyed by the Regional Secretary (Sekda) of Bengkulu Province Hamka Sabri. "Currently, the Bengkulu toll road has just finished the first stage, namely Taba Penanjung-Kepahiang, and the third stage, namely Kepahiang-Lubuk Linggau, is still under the proposal, and when it is finished it can only be inaugurated by the President," said Hamka, quoted by Antara, Sunday, November 13. He said that currently his party is waiting for a proposal for the construction of the second phase of the toll road from the ministry, so that later the Bengkulu Governor will form a team to determine the location permit (lock). Furthermore, land acquisition will be carried out for the second phase, and as well as for the third stage to be built by PT Hutama Karya (HK) Infrastructure. Previously, Bengkulu Governor Rohidin Mersyah had proposed a visit schedule and inaugurated the Bengkulu-Taba Penjung toll road. Currently, the first Bengkulu-Taba Tanjung toll road can not be used for the public, and for the Bengkulu-Lubuklinggau toll road tariff has not yet been determined.

The 95 km Lubuklinggau-Curup-Bengkulu toll road is divided into three sections. For the first section, Taba Penanjung-Bengkulu has a length of 17.6 kilometers, the second section is Kepahiang-Taba Penjung with a length of 23.7 kilometers, and the third section is Lubuk Linggau-Kepaiang with a length of 54.5 kilometers. For the Bengkulu toll road, it is part of the Trans Sumatra Toll Road (JTTS) consisting of eight segments, including the Sigli-Banda Aceh section (74 km), the Kisaran-Indrapura section (48 km), the Kuala Tanjung-Tebing Tinggi-Parapat section (143 km). Then, the Sp. Indralaya-Muara Enim section (19 km), the Padang-Sicincin section (36 km), the Pekanbaru-Pangkalan section (65 km), the Lubuk Linggau-Curup Bengkulu section Bengkulu-Taba Penanjung (17.6 km), and the Binjai-Langsa section section of Binjai-Pangkalan Brandan (58 km).