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Funding secured for Indonesia road project

A funding package has been secured that will help pay for a major road project in Indonesia. The project forms part of the Trans-Sumatra toll road and the funding comes in the shape of a loan worth US$600.45 million, which is being supplied by Indonesia’s Bank Negara. Hutama karya will use the loan to help pay for its work on the Terbanggi to Kayu Agung stretch of the Trans Sumatra road project.
October 12, 2018 Read time: 1 min

A funding package has been secured that will help pay for a major road project in Indonesia. The project forms part of the Trans-Sumatra toll road and the funding comes in the shape of a loan worth US$600.45 million, which is being supplied by Indonesia’s Bank Negara. Hutama karya will use the loan to help pay for its work on the Terbanggi to Kayu Agung stretch of the Trans Sumatra road project.

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