Construction Of The Tulungagung Bridge Constrained By PLN/Telkom Utilities

Ngujang 1 Bridge which connects Ngantru and Kedungwaru Districts

TULUNGAGUNG - The construction of the Ngujang 1 bridge, which is on the Tulungagung-Kediri national route, Ngantru, Tulungagung, East Java is hampered by the existence of the utility cable network owned by PLN and PT Telkom which has not been moved.

"We were forced to postpone it until this July, because there are cable utilities that have not been moved," said Satiya Wardhana, PPK 2 of the East Java-Bali National Road Maintenance Center (BBPJN), as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, June 29.

This delay occurred for the third time. Previously, the construction of a new bridge near the old bridge on the border of Ngantru and Kedungwaru sub-districts in Ngantru Village was scheduled for January 2022.

The bridge is the main access to Kediri Regency via the national route. At that time the development plan was rescheduled for June 2022.

However, this time target was not met due to the same factors. There are cable utilities belonging to PLN and Telkom that have not been moved.

"Now it is confirmed that it will be postponed again until July 2022. Hopefully it won't be delayed again," he said.

According to Satiya, the transfer of utilities is left entirely to the owner of the asset.

"It should have been moved on June 26. But until now there has been no (attempt to move it)," he said.

Because it has been postponed several times, it has given a deadline until early July to be moved. The plan is that the Ngujang 1 Bridge will be widened to the east.

According to the design drawings that have been made, the new bridge is twice as wide as the old bridge. As a first step, half the bridge will be built on the east side.

After completion of the old bridge will be dismantled and put together with a new bridge. "There will be four lanes, two in the west and two in the east," he said.

In response to this, the Head of the Tulungagung Regency PUPR Service, Dwi Hari, has released all utility assets belonging to the regional government on the Ngujang 1 bridge.

This release has been carried out since the end of 2022. Due to news that construction will begin in January 2022.

"We have removed all the lights and cables from the start," said Dwi Hari.

As a result at night the condition of the bridge becomes dark. Dwi Hari hopes that this bridge will be built soon, so that the accumulation of vehicles that only have two lanes will not often occur.