Skip to main content

Indonesia’s important tolled highway underway

Work is said to be progressing on track in Indonesia with the Trans-Sumatra tolled highway. Construction of the section linking Aceh and Lampung Provinces looks set to be completed by the end of 2014 and is expected to open for traffic in early 2015. So far the work looks to cost in the region of US$625 million, with work being carried out by Hutama Karya. Meanwhile plans are also in hand for a new toll road for heavy trucks only that will connect West Java's Citibung and North Jakarta's Tanjung Priok Port.
December 10, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
Work is said to be progressing on track in Indonesia with the Trans-Sumatra tolled highway. Construction of the section linking Aceh and Lampung Provinces looks set to be completed by the end of 2014 and is expected to open for traffic in early 2015. So far the work looks to cost in the region of US$625 million, with work being carried out by 5206 Hutama Karya.

Meanwhile plans are also in hand for a new toll road for heavy trucks only that will connect West Java's Citibung and North Jakarta's Tanjung Priok Port. This will improve traffic flow and safety on Cibitung's Jakarta Cikampek toll road while allowing heavy vehicle to make a greater number of journeys on this dedicated route. The three state-owned firms will develop the project; 1083 Jasa Marga, Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Pelindo II) and Kawasan Berikat Negara.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Indonesia’s Trans Marga Jateng secures key new toll road loan
    April 8, 2014
    A US$415.45 million (IDR 4.7 trillion) loan has been agreed for a new 75.67km toll road as part of the Trans Java toll road project in Indonesia. Trans Marga Jateng, the 60:40 joint venture of Indonesian state-owned toll-road operator Jasa Marga and Central Java's state-owned infrastructure firm Sarana Pembangunan Jawa Tengah, has secured the 15-year syndicated loan from a group of lenders headed by state-owned bank Bank Mandiri. The new toll road will run from Solo to Semarang through Salatiga and Boyola
  • Multi-million dollar investment in Indonesian road toll projects
    July 12, 2012
    Millions of US dollars are being poured into new and expanding toll road projects in Indonesia. Wijaya Karya (Wika), the Indonesian government-owned construction service provider, will build toll roads linking Kedung Badak to Kedung Halang and Pandaan to Gempol in Bogor through two contracts worth US$36.35million (IDR 340.80bn) and US$23.98million (IDR 225bn), respectively. Awarded by highways operator Jasa Marga (JSMR), the contracts require the roads completion in 18 months.
  • Trans-Sumatra costs reach $1.7 billion, according to Hutama Karya
    November 14, 2016
    The cost for completing the three toll road sections of the Trans-Sumatra project will be almost US$1.7 billion, according to a major Indonesian construction firm. Hutama Karya is working on the 140km stretch from Bakauheni-Terbangi Besar, the 28km Palembang-Simpang Indralya section and the 18km Medan-Binjai stretch, said the company’s managing director, Gusti Ngurah Putera The Trans-Sumatran Highway is the primary north-south road, running around 2,500km on the island of Sumatra. It connect the north
  • Indonesia’s new toll road link
    March 25, 2019
    Plans are moving ahead in Indonesia for the construction of the Kuala Tanjung toll road project. Financing has been secured for an 80km stretch of the route. This stretch will run from Terbanggi Besar, through Pematang Panggang to Kayu Agung and will cost around US$552.3 million to build. The project for the Kuala Tanjung toll road includes a number of complext and costly elevated sections, between: Krian-Legundi, Bunder and Manyar (KLBM); Jakarta and Cikampek II Elevated; Batang and Semarang; Jakarta and C