SOLO-President Joko Widodo reviewed the handling of regional roads in Central Java Province (Central Java) carried out by the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) through Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 3 of 2023.
The Minister of PUPR, Basuki Hadimuljono, revealed that the value of handling regional roads through Presidential Instruction 3/2023 in Central Java covers 25 157 km long roads with a value of around IDR 601.7 billion.
"Now that it has e-Catalog for the procurement of goods and services, hopefully on Tuesday (July 25) it has signed a contract and will be carried out immediately," Basuki said in his statement in Jakarta, Sunday, July 23.
He said that for the repair of Jalan Surakarta-Geyer-Purwodadi along 59 km, the road had been damaged by the Ministry of PUPR before the Regional Road Instruction was issued. Thus, the rest will be handled through the Regional Road Inpres.
"We handle it and we divide this segment into 10 spots. Now the progress is 56 percent," said Basuki.
The handling of the Surakarta-Geyer-Purwodadi section is carried out by the Ministry of PUPR through the Central Java National Road Implementation Center (BBPJN) - DI Yogyakarta, Directorate General of Highways since December 14, 2022 with a contract value of IDR 97.4 billion with implementing contractor PT Deltamarga Adyatama.
This section is a logistics road with provincial road status handled by the Ministry of PUPR in accordance with Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 3 of 2023 concerning Accelerating Improvement of Regional Road Connectivity.
Repairing this road will increase productivity in logistics lines and access to tourism destinations, especially the Sangiran Purbakala Museum.
President Joko Widodo accompanied by the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono and the Governor of Central Java (Central Java) Ganjar Pranowo reviewed the handling of roads for the Surakarta - Geyer - Purwodadi section, Kalijambe District, Sragen Regency, Sunday, July 23.
President Jokowi said the Surakarta-Geyer-Purwodadi road section was categorized as heavily damaged which must be handled immediately by the Ministry of PUPR.
President Jokowi added that the Regional Road Presidential Instruction is a fiscal instrument sourced from the State Budget to improve regional road conditions, such as provincial roads and district/city roads nationally.
"We want to accelerate the handling of damaged regional roads, both provincial roads and district/city roads throughout the country. We budget for phase I of IDR 7.4 trillion and Phase II of around IDR 7.2 trillion for more than 2023," said President Jokowi.
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