BANTEN - The Lebak Regency Government, Banten, has prepared a budget of Rp. 75.5 billion for the repair of district roads and village roads. This step is expected to encourage economic growth in the community in the area.
"We believe that road repairs can increase people's economic growth," said Acting Head of the Lebak Regency Public Works and Spatial Planning (DPUPR) Dade Yan Apriyandi in a statement in Lebak, quoted by ANTARA on Sunday, January 25.
The Lebak Regency Government is committed to improving district and village roads, because the benefits are quite large and can increase community economic growth.
In addition, farmers can also market agricultural commodity, plantation, fishery products and business actors outside the region.
The smooth flow of traffic is ensured to reduce transportation costs and people's economic activities can be carried out for 24 hours.
Based on the Lebak PUPR data for 2025, it was recorded that the total district road section of 749.43 kilometers or 74.86 percent was in good condition and stable for various types of transportation with hotmix asphalt and concrete conditions.
Meanwhile, the remaining 25.14 percent of the road conditions are damaged, so repairs need to be carried out.
For the budget for repairing district roads this year, Rp. 47.7 billion has been allocated across 11 roads.
Meanwhile, the repair of village roads was allocated Rp. 27.8 billion spread across 42 roads.
The road sections that were repaired included the Bojongmanik, Cirinten, Leuwidamar, Muncang, and South Lebak districts, including Wanasalam, Malingping, Cihara, Cilograng, and Cibeber.
"We hope that the road repair is a commitment of the local government to eradicate extreme poverty," said Dade.
Meanwhile, a number of residents of Cihara District, Lebak Regency, said that the community welcomed this year a number of roads in the area were repaired so that they could increase the community's economic income and reduce transportation costs.
"We believe that the improvement of this road can encourage the increase in the economic income of the village community, because it can market the horticultural and agricultural crops outside the area," said Adnan (45) a resident of Cihara Lebak Regency.
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