Ministry Of PUPR: IKN Toll Road Construction Contract Based On Aircraft Will Be Signed In August 2023

Construction of the IKN Nusantara/DOK area via Instagram @kemenpupr

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Task Force (Satgas) for the Implementation of State Capital Infrastructure Development (IKN) of the Ministry of PUPR Danis Sumadilaga said the contract for the construction of the Nusantara IKN Access Toll Road Section 6A and 6B on the runway (runway) of the aircraft was ready to be signed in August 2023.

"Sections 6A and 6B of the auction have been completed and hopefully it will be contracted this August," said Danis to reporters at the PUPR Ministry Building, Jakarta, Friday, August 18.

Danis said the Section 6A and 6B Toll Roads, apart from functioning as toll roads, can also function as an airplane runway.

"The toll road, which is Section 6A, 6B, has one striking about 2-3 kilometers (km) which will be in an emergency (emergency) condition and can function as a basis," he said.

For the Section 6A toll road project, namely the Riko-Outer Ring Road IKN Segment and Section 6B of the Outer Ring Road-Simpang 3 ITCI Plan Segment.

The IKN Section 6A and 6B Access Toll Road construction project is included in the second batch of IKN Nusantara construction.

The other three work packages that are included in the second wave of construction at IKN Nusantara, namely the construction package on the runway of VVIP Airport

Then, the VVIP Airport Access Road packages, and the IKN Section 5B Access Toll Road. The total value of the three work packages reached IDR 5.7 trillion.

On the same occasion, Danis revealed that the progress of IKN has reached 40 percent, until August 10, 2023. The initial phase of IKN development will be focused on the Central Government Core Area (KIPP) considering that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will hold a 17th ceremony at IKN, in 2024.

"There are 78 packages of total work in 2020-2024 with Batch 1, especially those who started working. Batch 1 has 39 packages with a value of IDR 24 trillion, the progress is 40.0131 percent," he said.