Four Trans Sumatra Toll Roads Expelled From PSN, Here's Hutama Karya's Response

Trans Sumatra toll road (Photo; Antara)

JAKARTA - A number of sections of the Trans Sumatra Toll Road (JTTS) have been decided to be stopped and removed from the ranks of the National Strategic Project or PSN. This is because the government is pursuing the target of completing the PSN development in the first semester of 2024.

PT Hutama Karya (Persero) as the contractor in the project also opened its voice. Executive Vice President (EVP) Corporate Secretary Hutama Karya Tjahjo Purnomo said that his party was following the government's priority directions and focused on accelerating the completion of JTTS Phases I and II.

"The basis for the implementation of PSN is Permenko, which will be updated regularly," said Tjahjo in a written statement, Wednesday, November 8.

A number of JTTS sections that left the PSN ranks include the Rantau-Parapat-Kisaran Toll Road, Langsa-Lhokseumawe Toll Road, Lhokseumawe-Sigli Toll Road, and Dumai-Sigambal-Rantau Toll Road.

"According to Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 131 of 2022 concerning the Acceleration of Toll Road Development in Sumatra, these sections are included in the construction of JTTS Phases III and IV segments. The details of the continuation of the construction are waiting for an agreement with the government," said Tjahjo.

He said that currently Hutama Karya is focusing on completing JTTS Phase I along 965 km with a target completion in Semester I 2024.

In addition, Hutama Karya is also speeding up the work on JTTS by working on JTTS phase II, including the Betung-Tempino-Jambi toll road section Section 3 Bayung Lencir-Tempino along 34 km with a Construction Support (Dukon) scheme, and the Pekanbaru Ring Road with a length of 30.5 km.

Moreover, accumulated, the toll road directed by Hutama Karya which will be connected reaches around 1,030 km.

A number of acceleration strategies were also carried out by Hutama Karya to complete the construction of JTTS. Starting from the implementation of construction digitization during planning, to the stages of road physical development.

For your information, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto said, there were a number of development projects issued from the list of national strategic projects (PSN). A number of these projects are the construction of the Trans Sumatra toll road.

"There have been several projects stopped because they have not started and no APBN (fund) has been issued yet," said Airlangga after a limited meeting (ratas) at the Presidential Palace, Thursday, October 5.

A number of JTTS projects that will be removed from the PSN list, starting from the Rantau Prapat-Kisaran Toll Road, Langsa-Lhokseumawe Toll Road, Lhokseumawe-Sigli Toll Road, to Dumai-Sigambal-Rantau Prapat Toll Road.

Even so, there are a number of JTTS projects that have changed mechanisms, one of which is the Jambi-Rengat Toll Road. This toll road experienced a change in financing because it obtained loans from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) worth IDR 23 trillion.