Deputy Minister Of SOEs: Trans Sumatra Tolls Phases 1 And 2 Done At The End Of 2024

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Deputy Minister of SOEs II Kartika Wirjoatmodjo targets the construction project for the Trans Sumatra Toll Road (JTTS) stages 1 and 2 to be completed by the end of 2024. "We hope that by the end of 2024, we will complete stages 1 and 2 where the Trans Sumatra Toll Road will connect from Bakauheni to Jambi," said Deputy Minister of BUMN II who was called Tiko in a Working Meeting with Commission VI DPR RI, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, November 2. Tiko added, from several additional sections, it will be in the north of Aceh to Langsa and also several wing sections such as Bengkulu and Padang. Regarding the cash State Capital Participation (PMN) process of IDR 7.5 trillion for Hutama Karya, he said it was in the process and is currently expected to be able to obtain Government Regulation (PP) in the second week of December 2022 and is expected to be disbursed in the fourth week of December. Tiko said this PMN was used for the construction of Trans Sumatra toll roads such as Pekanbaru-Dumai Rp1.13 trillion, then the Indralaya - Prabumulih Simpang section which was quite large, namely Rp2.3 trillion, Kisaran - Indrapura Rp1.1 trillion, then Taba Penanjung - Bengkulu Rp97 billion, and the largest for the Sigli - Banda Aceh segment was Rp2.8 trillion. All of these toll roads, continued Tiko, are still in the process of being built (on progress) and according to schedule (on track). "So that's a mutual agreement between the government, in this case the Minister of PUPR, the President of the Republic of Indonesia and the Minister of Finance that we have completed stages 1 and 2 of the Trans Sumatra Toll Road, with the hope that later in the next government for stages 3 and 4 it can be continued in order to complete all Trans Sumatra Toll Roads," he said. Previously, Hutama Karya President Director Budi Harto revealed that cash capital investment funds (PMN) worth IDR 7.5 trillion were used to continue the construction of the Trans Sumatra Toll Road. For the community, with the Trans Sumatra Toll Road, travel time from one area to another becomes shorter and transportation costs also decrease.