JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works (PU) targets that the Blangkejeren-Batas Gayo Lues Aceh Tenggara Road can be used functionally on January 8, 2026.
The road was covered by a landslide due to heavy rain on January 3, 2026.
The section is a logistics route as a connecting route between Gayo Lues Regency, South Aceh and North Sumatra (Sumut).
Quoted from a video uploaded to the official @kementerianpu Instagram account, Monday, January 5, currently, the section is being handled by landslide cleaning with six units of excavators and one unit of wheel loaders.
"Four more excavator units will be added which are in mobilization. The target for functional completion is January 8, 2026," wrote the account.
Minister PU Dody Hanggodo has also reviewed the road sections affected by the landslide on Sunday, January 4, 2026.
Dody said that his party would immediately determine a long-term solution so that the infrastructure in the area affected by the Aceh landslide would be more reliable in the face of future disaster risks.
"We will coordinate with the local government and related agencies to determine the next steps for handling, both emergency handling and medium and long-term solutions, so that infrastructure in the affected areas will be more reliable in the face of future disaster risks," said Dody.
He emphasized that the government's top priority is to ensure that logistics access is maintained so that the needs of the community and economic activities are not stopped.
"The most important thing for us is to keep the logistics routes open. Access to materials for community needs and industrial activities must not be interrupted. The public must not experience difficulties due to the obstruction of distribution," he said.
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