Sigli-Banda Aceh And Binjai-Pangkalan Brandan Toll Roads Targeted For Completion By The End Of 2024

PT Hutama Karya (Persero) targets the construction of the Trans Sumatra Toll Road (JTTS) on the Sigli-Banda Aceh Toll Road Section I (Padang Tiji-Seulimeum) and the Binjai-Pangkalan Brandan Section 3 Toll Road (Tanjung Pura-Pangkalan Brandan) to be completed by the end of 2024.

Executive Vice President (EVP) Corporate Secretary Hutama Karya Adjib Al Hakim explained, the progress of the construction of the Sigli-Banda Aceh Toll Road Section I (Padang Tiji-Seulimeum) with a road length of 25 kilometers (km) until April 30, 2024, reached 84.77 percent, with land acquisition progress reaching 87.95 percent.

Meanwhile, in the same period, the progress of the construction of the Binjai-Pangkalan Brandan Toll Road Section 3 (Tanjung Pura-Pangkalan Brandan) with a road length of 18.9 km has reached 91.80 percent, with land acquisition progress of 100 percent.

"The construction of the two toll roads is very progressive and Hutama Karya is targeting completion by the end of 2024," said Adjib, quoted from Hutama Karya's official website, Monday, May 6.

Adjib said that accumulatedly, the progress of the toll road construction that will connect Aceh and North Sumatra provinces has reached more than 93 percent.

"Because these two toll roads have actually been operating almost entirely by leaving 1 section of each toll road," he said.

According to Adjib, his party is optimistic about the fulfillment of construction targets by using a number of construction digitization technologies, such as the implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the design process to construction.

Later, he continued, these two toll roads will also be equipped with a number of structural facilities, such as two Toll Gates (GT), two Interchanges, 2x2 lanes and 3.6 meters (m) lane width. Then, the speed of the plan for these two toll roads is 100 km/hour.

Meanwhile, to provide comfort for toll road users, Hutama Karya is also completing the construction of a Type A Rest Area (TIP) of three pairs.

"The presence of this toll road is expected to facilitate connectivity between the Provinces of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) and North Sumatra (North Sumatra), shortening travel times more efficiently, reducing transportation costs and stimulating local economic growth," he added.