Cost Telan Rp5 Trillion, Here's The Progress Of The Patimban Access Toll Road In West Java

Patimban Access Toll Road. (Photo: Doc. BPJT)

The Ministry of Public Works (PU) is building the Patimban Access Toll Road which will be the link between the Trans Java Toll Road and Patimban International Port located in West Java.

Quoted from the upload on the official Instagram account @pupr_bpjt, Monday, July 21, the Patimban Access Toll Road stretches for 37.05 kilometers. Later, the toll road will be directly connected to the Cikopo 'Palimanan (Cipali) toll road.

"The Patimban Access Toll Road was built to strengthen the connectivity of the Patimban Port with an industrial area in Cikarang "Cibitung" Karawang," explained BPJT.

In addition, BPJT emphasized that Patimban Port will be an alternative port to share the burden of logistics traffic which has been centered at Tanjung Priok International Port, Jakarta.

For this reason, the construction process for the Patimban Access Toll Road is currently being accelerated.

The average construction progress for Package 1 and Package 4 was recorded at 46.93 percent.

In detail, package 1 construction progress (KM 14+110 - KM 21+800) reached 38.29 percent, package 2 (KM 21+800 - KM 28+000) reached 50.97 percent, package 3 (KM 28+000 - KM 33+500) reached 47.26 percent and package 4 (KM 33+500 - KM 37+050) reached 51.19 percent.

Meanwhile, the progress of land acquisition for the 4 work packages has averaged 88.61 percent.

With details, package 1 (KM14+110 - KM 21+800) reached 89.98 percent, package 2 (KM 21+800 - KM 28 + 000) 91.78 percent, package 3 (KM 28 + 000 - KM 33 + 500) 81.66 percent and package 4 (KM 33 + 500 - KM 37 +050) reached 91.05 percent.

Then, there are two sections that are part of the government and currently in the land acquisition stage, namely, Section 1 (KM 00 - KM 7+100) land acquisition progress reached 68.55 percent and Section 2 (KM 7+100 - KM 14+110) reached 92.07 percent.

The government is targeting the construction of the Patimban Access Toll Road which has an investment value of IDR 5.02 trillion to be completed by 2025.

"More than just a connecting road, this toll road is part of efforts to encourage smooth distribution of goods, logistics efficiency and regional economic growth," concluded BPJT.