Improvement of Infrastructure after the Great Flood of Sumatra Targeted to Be Completed in 2028

JAKARTA - Minister of Public Works (PU) Dody Hanggodo targets that all infrastructure repairs affected by the Sumatra flood will be completed gradually until 2028.

The Ministry of PU noted that floods and landslides that hit three provinces in Sumatra had damaged 99 national roads and 33 national bridges.

"Alhamdulillah, as of December 30, 2025, national roads and bridges are fully functional, because we are also warned by the President not to let logistics and fuel be disrupted to affected areas," said Dody in a Working Meeting with Commission V of the DPR at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, January 27.

At the regional level, Dody said, the floods and landslides in Sumatra damaged 2,066 provincial roads and 799 provincial bridges. The repair of regional roads has reached about 91 percent.

"We target all road sections in the area to be completed by August 2027," he said.

Dody admitted that the progress of repairing the regional bridge was still lagging behind. Until now, the repair process has only reached 43 percent of the total damaged bridge.

He targeted, the completion of the bridge at the latest October 2028. Dody said, the location of the bridge was affected by many remote areas. As a result, this became a major obstacle.

Damage also occurred in the irrigation sector. It was recorded that 31 national irrigation areas and seven regional authority irrigation were affected. Dody said that the repairs that had been carried out had only reached almost 23 percent. The government, he said, will prioritize irrigation flowing to rice fields that have entered the planting period.

In addition, there are 13 national dams and 47 regional dams affected. "The handling is still limited. We are currently focusing on river normalization," said Dody.

For this reason, Dody also proposed the construction of sabo dams and check dams in the three affected provinces. This step is aimed at holding back the overflow of sedimentation and reducing the risk of repeated flooding.

"And the big target is that we can finish everything in October 2028, this is the longest target," he added.