Indonesia’s key Trans-Sumatra Toll Road

Indonesia’s key Trans-Sumatra Toll Road work is on track
By MJ Woof February 10, 2021 Read time: 1 min
Indonesia’s Trans-Sumatra Toll Road is being built at present - image courtesy © Sansak Khajeefa, Dreamstime.com
Construction work on much of Indonesia’s important Trans-Sumatra Toll road should be complete by 2024. Work is underway at present on several sections of the route.

These include the 189km Terbanggi Besar-Permatang Panggang-Kayu Agung section, the 140.41km Bakauheni-Terbanggi Besar section, the 131km Pekanbaru-Dumai section, the 22km Palembang-Indralaya section, the 13km Sigil-Banda Aceh section and the 3.2km Medan-Binjai section.

One of the most important road stretches being built at present is for the the Merak Port-Bakauheni Port route. This will help with traffic flow for the Merak-Bakauheni-Lampung area.
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