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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) is targeting 13 new toll roads to operate by the end of 2023 to improve multimodal connectivity for more efficient national logistics system services.

"In the 2020-2024 period, the target for the construction of the 1,367 km toll road can be realized, which from 2020 to May 2023 has been completed for 535.5 km and will follow 309.78 km of new toll roads spread across 13 segments by the end of 2023," said Director of Free Roads. Obstruction of the Directorate General of Highways of the Ministry of PUPR Triono Junoasmono or called Yongki in his statement in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Monday, May 29.

Yongki said several toll roads that have operated in January-May 2023 are the Semarang Demak Toll Road (Seksi 2 Sayung - Demak: 16.01 km), Becakayu (Section 2A Jakasampurna - Kayuringin: 4.88 km) and Cinere - Jagorawi (Seksi 3A Kukusan - Krukut: 3.5 km).

"The total length of toll roads that have been completed by construction/functional and operational by 2024 is all targeted to reach 3,455 km," he said.

For the new sections targeted to operate until the end of 2023, the Cileunyi-Sumedang-Dawuan Toll Road section 4-6 (28.2 km), Ciawi Sukabumi Toll Road section 2 (11.9 km), Cibitung-Cilincing Toll Road section 4 (7.7 km), Cimanggis-Cibitung Toll Road section 2 (23.01 km), Serpong-Cinere Toll Road section 2 (3.6 km), Sigli-Banda Aceh Toll Road section 5-6 (13.2 km).

"Furthermore, the Kuala Tanjung-Tebing Tinggi-Parapat Toll Road section 1-2 (38.45 km), the Pasuruan-Probolinggo Toll Road section 4A (8.57 km), the Jakarta-Cikampek II South Toll Road package 3 (31.25 km), the Serpong-Balaraja Toll Road section 1B (5.4 km), the Kisaran-Tebing Tinggi Toll Road (47.6 km), and the Binjai-Langsa Toll Road (26.2 km) and the Indralaya-Prabumulih Intersection (64.7 km), "said Triono.

The completion of the toll road construction is carried out in stages from year to year. The construction of the toll road until 2014 along 790 km and continued in the 2015-2019 period has succeeded in completing the length of 1,298 km, including the connecting of the Trans Java Toll Road and the start of the Trans Sumatra Toll Road as the backbone of the national economy.

According to Yongki, toll road construction is very useful in supporting regional economic growth because the mobility of goods, logistics, and humans is faster and more efficient due to reduced travel time and saving transportation operational costs.

"For example, the Trans Java Toll Road which encourages the growth of new industrial areas, including Batang, Subang, Tegal, Pemalang, Kendal, Brebes, to a number of areas in the south, such as Boyolali, Sragen, Ngawi, and Nganjuk," he said.

Strengthening local MSMEs, he continued, is also part of the development of toll roads where each rest area is not only filled by big brands but also local MSME products.


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