Jokowi Inaugurates Binjai-Langsa And Ku Precise Toll Road Worth IDR 17.6 Trillion

President Jokowi (Photo: Setpres)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated the Binjai-Langsa Toll Road and the Kuala Tanjung-Tebing Tinggi-Parapat (Kutepat) Toll Road today.

"By saying Bismillahirohmanirohim, today I inaugurate the Binjai-Langsa Toll Road Section 2 Stabat-Tanjung Pura and the Kuala Tanjung-Tebing Tinggi-Parapat Toll Road Sections 3 and 4 Tebing Tinggi-Serbelawan-Senaksak in North Sumatra Province," he said, quoted from the Presidential Secretariat Youtube, Tuesday, September 10.

Jokowi said that the Stabat-Tanjung Pura toll road was built since 2020 for 26.2 kilometers (km) with a budget of IDR 11.6 trillion.

Meanwhile, the Tebing Tinggi-Serbelawan-Sinaksak toll road was built since 2018 for 45.6 km and spent a budget of IDR 6 trillion.

Thus, the construction of the two toll roads costs IDR 17.6 trillion.

The President said that this toll road will be part of the 2,994 km Trans-Sumatra Toll Road which is expected to have reached 1,100 km by the end of 2024.

"Especially for this toll road, there are only 40 km left to reach Parapat on Lake Toba. There are very few left," he said.

According to Jokowi, the presence of this toll road will encourage the growth of new economic centers in the surrounding corridors, increasing regional competitiveness and the logistics system for the mobility of people and goods to accelerate.

"In the past, from Medan here it took 3.5 hours to 4 hours, now approximately 1.5 hours less," he concluded.