Jokowi: Repair Of 17 Damaged Roads In Lampung Has Been 60 Percent

CENTRAL LAMPUNG - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the construction construction of 17 damaged roads in Lampung Province had reached 60 percent.

"My arrival today is to make sure what I saw five months ago everything was already running," said Jokowi in Central Lampung as reported by ANTARA, Friday, October 27.

Jokowi said that the average progress of construction of 17 damaged roads that became the attention of the central government had reached 60 percent.

"Indeed, it has not been fully completed or 100 percent, currently it is only around 60-70 percent. So some of the progress is 60 percent and some are already 70 percent," he said.

The President explained that the progress of the work on one of the roads that had been reviewed was the Simpang Randu-Seputih Surabaya road section, which is currently in Rumbia District, Central Lampung Regency, which currently reaches 60 percent.

"We will see that in Rumbia, Central Lampung Regency, around 60 percent has been completed," he said.

According to Jokowi, Lampung Province received a budget allocation (APBN) of Rp800.9 billion which was used to repair 17 regional roads.

This improvement is a follow-up to public complaints, and has been handled by the government through the Regional Road Inpres (IJD).

"IDR 800 billion has been given, which is used to repair 17 roads here, because the local government is also diligent in communicating so that there can be a lot of (allocation) and in the field the conditions are also good," he added.

A similar explanation was conveyed by the Director General of Highways of the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing Hedy Rahadian.

"In Lampung, for the repair of this road, the funds provided through the APBD are Rp800 billion, and the 104-kilometer road has been handled," said Hedy Rahadian.

The existence of a budget allocation for road infrastructure improvement is an intensive form from the central government to local governments so that the economy in the regions can continue to run with easy accessibility.

"The implementation of road repairs through the Regional Road Instruction (IJD) is an intensive form because we understand that the local government's fiscal capacity in dealing with limited road infrastructure is added that there was a COVID-19 pandemic some time ago, causing the economy to be disrupted. Through this, the central government wants the economy to move quickly in the regions, especially the people's economy, so the progress of road construction continues to be accelerated," he explained.