Concession Ends, CMNP Toll Road Is Worth Returning To The State

Illustration of Toll Roads (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The State Asset Rescue Advocacy Team assessed that the Cawang 'Tanjung Priok Toll Road should be returned to the state since the concession ended in March 2025. The receipt from the toll road is considered inappropriate to enter PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada Tbk (CMNP)

Advocacy team member, Netty P. Lubis, assessed that the continuation of CMNP management was contrary to statutory provisions. Because, referring to Article 50 Paragraph (9) of Law Number 2 of 2022 concerning Roads, it is stipulated that the toll road obligation is returned to the government once the concession period runs out.

"The law also regulates that after the concession period ends, the central government has the right to take over and change the status of toll roads into non-toll expressways, or appoint new SOEs to manage and maintain them," said Netty, quoted on Wednesday, September 17.

Netty highlighted the extension of the concession through the PPJT Deed Number 06 dated June 23, 2021 in front of a notary. The agreement gives CMNP additional rights, including the development of the East Ancol (Elevated) section, as well as extending the concession until March 31, 2060.

"We ask the state to take over the management of the toll road and make it a non-toll roadway so that residents can pass without being charged tariffs," he said.

Even regarding tariff issues. According to him, the increase in toll rates is not comparable to the improvement in road quality. In fact, CMNP's financial statements show a large profit from this section: IDR 1.36 trillion in net profit in 2023 and IDR 1.16 trillion in 2024.

Responding to this, the Head of BPJT of the Ministry of Public Works, Wilan Oktavian, explained that CMNP is still legally managing the Cawang 'Tanjung Priok toll road, because the concession has been extended since 2020.

"If it has been extended in 2020, not now, so their concession has been amended since then, because they were assigned to build Harbor Road II which is currently running," he said.

According to Wilan, the Toll Road Concession Agreement (PPJT) document has indeed been changed since 2020, adding to the concession period of 35 years to 2060. In official documents, it has been extended to 2060, so when I took office, that status has been given," he explained.

However, this concession extension is now in the legal spotlight. The Attorney General's Office is investigating alleged procedural violations, because the extension did not go through audits or auction mechanisms as regulated in PP No.27/2014 and Law No.38/2004 on Roads.

Previously it was reported that the AGO had begun to investigate allegations of corruption in the extension of the Cawang-Pluit toll road concession. In an effort to find facts, the investigation clarified Fitria Yusuf.

Fitria Yusuf is known to be the son of a businessman who owns the PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada Tbk (CMNP) toll road, Jusuf Hamka.

"It is true that the person concerned is clarified," said the Head of the AGO, Anang Supriatna.

Fitria Yusuf was clarified on Friday, September 12. Jusuf Hamka's son was seen leaving the Special Crimes round building at around 14:16 WIB.

Fitria was seen wearing a blazer with a white outfit feel. He was seen with his entourage immediately riding in a black car.

However, Fitria remained silent and did not provide any information regarding her arrival. Shortly after boarding the car, the vehicle immediately left the Attorney General's office.

Returning to Anang, the clarification process is the first step in an effort to deepen allegations of corruption.

"The nature of the investigation is still closed," said Anang.