Government Studys Bali's Gilimanuk-Menwi Toll Road Which Stalls

Coordinating Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Development (Menko Infra) Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono /ANTARA/Dewa Ketut Sudiarta Wiguna

DENPASAR - The government through the Coordinating Ministry for Regional Infrastructure and Development (Kemenko Infra) is studying the fate of the Gilimanuk-Bengwi Toll project, Bali, currently in a stalled condition since September 2022.

"Of course, in the early days, we wanted to make sure that we learned everything well, the analysis of the main task, spending on problems," said Infra Coordinating Minister Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, Monday, November 11.

His party will pay close attention to the track record of the big project development plan to explore its problems and challenges.

"We make sure that if there are problems that remain to this day, including stalled projects, construction work due to budgets or other things has not been completed, we will oversee it," said the minister who is often called AHY.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Public Works (PU) Dody Hanggodo revealed that the toll road project was still continuing.

"It (the Gilimanuk-Mengin toll road project) is still running," he said, on the sidelines of reviewing the Sidan Dam in Gianyar Regency, Bali.

Previously, the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) at that time, Basuki Hadimuljono, had changed the Gilimanuk-Menwi toll road project scheme to become a government initiative (solicited) because it had not yet received funding which was the cause of the toll road construction has not been realized.

Previously, the toll road project was unsolicited or initiated by investors or business entities.

For this reason, the toll road construction project has re-entered the re-tender to find investors.

The government's initiative is an infrastructure supply project initiated by the government and offered to business entities to cooperate with the government's cooperation scheme with business entities (PPP).

Meanwhile, the initiative of business entities is an infrastructure procurement project initiated by business entities with a proposal submitted by business entities that must meet the requirements for conformity with the sector's master plan, economic and financial feasibility and business entities that have adequate financial capacity to finance the implementation of the initial project.

The explanations of the two schemes are contained in the Minister of PUPR Regulation Number 2 of 2021 concerning procedures for implementing government cooperation with business entities in providing infrastructure.

If you have obtained investors, the government will sign a toll road construction contract.

Previously, the Minister of PUPR at that time Basuki Hadimuljono laid the first stone marking the start of the construction of the Gilimanuk- Mengwi Toll Road with a length of 96.84 kilometers on Saturday (10/9/2022).

The toll road project that crossed 13 sub-districts and 58 villages in the three districts, at that time, was estimated to cost an investment of around Rp. 24.6 trillion.