Serang-Panimbang Toll Road Construction Section 3 Targets 2 Years

PANDEGLANG - The construction of the toll road from Serang to Panimbang, Pandeglang Regency, Banten section 3 is targeted to be completed within two years after the issuance of the Work Start Order (SPMK).

"The construction of section 3 requires a budget of around IDR 4.5 trillion, and the target for completion of the implementation is about two years after the SPMK," said Head of the Banten National Road Implementation Agency (BPJN) Wida Nurfaida during a coordination meeting on the progress of the Serang-Pandeglang toll road construction with Pandeglang Regent Irna Narulita. and contractors in Pandeglang, quoted by Antara, Thursday, June 17.

Wida explained that the laying of the first stone for the construction of the Serang-Panimbang toll road section 3 is estimated at the end of August 2021. The contract will be signed from November 2020. Because the construction of section 3 uses a foreign loan budget, the process is different from the APBN budget.

"The management of the list of activities from us has been completed with Bappenas, now the position is at the Ministry of Finance for loan applications, God willing, by the end of August 2021 it will be implemented," he said.

Regarding the construction of section 3, according to him, the contractors are a consortium of PT Sino, PT Adikarya, and PT Wijaya Karya.

In the construction of the Serang-Panimbang toll road section 3, he said, PT Sino received construction of 50.5 percent of the total 33 km.

"The rest will be done by Adikarya and Wika, the distribution will be agreed by the contractor," he said.

For land acquisition, Wida ensures that currently there are no problems, even reaching approximately 81 percent.

"The TNI lands in Gombong have been resolved, as well as those belonging to Perhutani," he added.

The construction of the Serang-Panimbang toll road is divided into three sections with a length of 83.67 kilometers. Section 1 is Serang to Rangkasbitung for about 26.5 kilometers, section 2 is from Rangkasbitung to Cileles for 24.1 kilometers and section 3 is from Cileles to Panimbang for 33 kilometers.

The toll road is equipped with seven interconnection interconnections. The seven accesses consist of the Lightning, Cikeusal, Rangkasbitung, Cikulur, Bojong, Cileles and Pagelaran interchanges.