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Indonesia road funding found for two highways

Financing looks to have been secured for major tolled highway projects in Indonesia. These highways are the 129km Pekan Baru-Dumai route, which forms part of the Trans-Sumatra highway, the 60.5km Cileunyi-Sumedang-Dawuan (Cisumwadu) road and the 39km Manado-Bitung route. A loan from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) worth some US$370.2 million is expected to provide around half of the financing required for the Pekan Baru-Dumai route. Meanwhile loans worth a total of $300.2 million from the Ex
June 27, 2016 Read time: 1 min
Financing looks to have been secured for major tolled highway projects in Indonesia. These highways are the 129km Pekan Baru-Dumai route, which forms part of the Trans-Sumatra highway, the 60.5km Cileunyi-Sumedang-Dawuan (Cisumwadu) road and the 39km Manado-Bitung route. A loan from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) worth some US$370.2 million is expected to provide around half of the financing required for the Pekan Baru-Dumai route. Meanwhile loans worth a total of $300.2 million from the Exim China Bank will help fund work to the second phase of the Cileunyi-Sumedang-Dawuan road as well as the construction of the Manado-Bitung road. The China Hebei Road and Bridge Group will build the Manado-Bitung route.

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