Indonesia reaches out to private firms for projects in Madura

The Indonesian government is courting private investment and encouraging bids for major projects on Madura, an island off the northeastern coast of Java, another island. Madura is part of the East Java province and is separated from Java by the narrow Strait of Madura. The first project would be a 15.3km toll bridge costing likely around US$160 million which would allow access to a planned port, said Herman Hidayat, acting head of the Surabaya-Madura Development Agency.
August 11, 2017 Read time: 2 mins
The 1065 Indonesian government is courting private investment and encouraging bids for major projects on Madura, an island off the northeastern coast of Java, another island.


Madura is part of the East Java province and is separated from Java by the narrow Strait of Madura.

The first project would be a 15.3km toll bridge costing likely around US$160 million which would allow access to a planned port, said Herman Hidayat, acting head of the Surabaya-Madura Development Agency.

The bridge would be part of a wider plan that includes a 250-hectare port development project at Bulu Pandan and a 54-hectare central business district to be developed in Labang.

Additionally, industrial areas are also planned for Klampis, near the Suramadu Bridge, which connects the East Java capital of Surabaya to Madura Island.

The 5.4km four-lane Suramadu Bridge, also known as the Surabaya–Madura Bridge, is a cable-stayed box-girder structure between Surabaya on the island of Java and the town of Bangkalan on the island of Madura. Construction started in 2003 and it opened in June 2009. It is the first bridge to cross the Madura Strait.

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