Bali Toll Road on
Schedule for May 2013 Completion
Bali Toll Road
The Bali administration and the Badung regency administration have also invested IDR 100 billion each in the toll road project.
The public works and state-owned enterprises ministers on
Wednesday officially kicked off the construction of the Benoa-Nusa Dua toll
road and Dewa Ruci underpass, the resort island’s latest efforts to cope with
the severe traffic congestion that strangles its main tourist route.
The two projects are targeted to be completed by May 2013 in
time for the APEC Meeting in 2013 and the Bali Summer Summit in 2013.
The 12-kilometer toll road, which will be built on 18,000
concrete pillars, is estimated to cost IDR 2.49 trillion (US$273.9 million) and
a large part of it will run along the island’s southern shoreline.
“This will be the most beautiful toll road in Indonesia and
will be a new icon for Bali,” said Akhmad Tito Karim, director of PT Jasa Marga
Bali Tol, during the project’s groundbreaking ceremony at Benoa harbor.
The toll road, which will connect Benoa harbor, Ngurah Rai
International Airport and the Nusa Dua tourism enclave, is being built under a
public-private partnership involving seven state-owned enterprises: PT Jasa
Marga Tbk, PT Pelindo III, PT Angkasa Pura I, PT Pengembangan Pariwisata Bali (Bali Tourism Development Corporation ) ,
PT Wijaya Karya Tbk., PT Adhi Karya Tbk., and PT Hutama Karya.
Bali Toll Road
The Bali administration and the Badung regency administration have also invested IDR 100 billion each in the toll road project.
Besides cars, the toll road will also include a special lane
for motorcycles.
The construction of the toll road will occupy 2 hectares of
mangrove forest, for which the developer has received an approval from the Forestry
Ministry. To compensate for the forest damage, PT Jasa Marga will plant 300,000
mangrove trees along the road.
Meanwhile, the Dewa Ruci underpass will be built on the Dewa
Ruci junction, a busy intersection next to Mall Bali Galeria in Kuta. It is the
critical point of convergence for traffic to and from the island’s most
important tourism sites, including Ngurah Rai International Airport, Nusa Dua,
Kuta, Sanur, Denpasar and Ubud. Long and prolonged gridlocks are a common sight
at and around the intersection. The underpass will be 450 meters long and is
estimated to cost IDR 136 billion from the state budget.
Motorists will not have to pay to use the underpass.
Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto said that the
construction of the toll road and underpass was part of the government’s master
plan for the acceleration and expansion of economic development for Bali and
Nusa Tenggara.
“We hope that this infrastructure project will be able to
spur economic development in Bali and Nusa Tenggara, which mainly rely on the
tourism sector, by providing easier access.”
State-owned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan said he appreciated
the fast realization of this project.
“This project has been planned and prepared swiftly. I hope
it can really be completed in 12 months,” he said, stressing that it would be a
major achievement given that a 12 kilometer-long toll road in Surabaya, East
Java, had taken 12 years to complete.
Bali Toll Road
Bali Toll Road
State toll road company Jasa Marga is optimistic that the
11-kilometer Bali toll road linking Nusa Dua to Bali’s Ngurah Rai international
airport can be completed by May 2013 and operating two months later.
“We are projecting that the elevated toll road that is built
over the sea will be able to become fully operational in July 2013,” Jasa Marga
director for commercial development Abdul Hadi said on Wednesday.
The groundbreaking ceremony of the Rp 2.3 trillion ($244
million) toll road project took place in December.
Abdul said that the main obstacle faced by the contractor at
this point was the various tide levels, but he did not expect a delay.
“We are still optimistic that the physical work can be
completed by May 2013,” he stated.
The project is being built by four state construction firms
— Wijaya Karya, Adhi Karya, Hutama Karya and Waskita Karya — with about 5
percent of the work completed thus far.
“From our visit last week, all contractors at the four
segments have already built the supporting pillars in the sea,” Hadi added.
He said that land purchasing did not pose any serious
problem because initial resistance from local residents had died down.
The toll road will have a special lane for motorcycles and a
three-tiered elevated intersection. The Nusa Dua-Ngurah Rai-Tanjung Benoa toll
will cost between Rp 4,000 and Rp 10,000 per vehicle, and Jasa Marga Bali Toll
has a 45-year concession period from the government to operate the road.
Jasa Marga Bali Toll has obtained a Rp 1.6 trillion
syndicated loan from a number of state banks led by Bank Mandiri.
Jasa Marga has a 60 percent stake
in Jasa Marga Bali Toll.
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Bali Akan
Membangun 4 Jalan Toll Lagi
Beritabali.com, Renon. Pemerintah provinsi Bali menyiapkan
rencana pembangunan 4 jalan tol. Ke-4 jalan tol tersebut diantaranya Pertama,
tol yang menghubungkan Denpasar-Soka-Jembrana. Kedua, tol yang menghubungkan
Kuta-Soka-Tanah Lot-Seririt. Ketiga tol yang menghubungkan
Canggu-Beringkit-Purnama dan keempat tol yang menghubungkan Goa
Lawah-Karangasem.
Asisten Bidang Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Pemprov Bali, Ketut
Wija menyatakan seluruh studi kelayakan pembangunan jalan tol tersebut telah
selesai dilakukan sejak beberapa tahun lalu. Permasalahan terbesarnya saat ini
adalah pembebasan lahan.
“Kalau pemerintah tentu tidak mempunyai kemampuan,
membebaskan tanah itu yang paling mahal di Bali, sekarang kita coba
informasikan , kita coba tawarkan kepada perusahaan jalan tol seperti Jasa
Marga dan sebagainya, tetapi sampai sekarang masih belum ada ketertarikan,”
papar Ketut Wija.
Wija menegaskan pembangunan akses jalan tol ini sangat
diperlukan untuk mengatasi kemacetan yang terjadi di Bali. Apalagi saat ini
secara rata-rata mobilitas penduduk di Bali pertahun telah mencapai sekitar 11 juta
orang.
Dimana penduduk dengan KTP Bali sebanyak 3,9 juta orang,
wisatawan mancanegara sekitar 3 juta orang pertahun dan wisatawan domestic
mencapai 4 juta orang pertahun. (mlt)
Bali to build another
four toll roads
Bali’s provincial government has revealed plans to build
another four toll roads in an effort to ease the growing traffic congestion.
Working around a number of obstacles including rising land
costs, being near cultural monuments and temples and gaining public support,
Assistant for Economic Affairs and Development Ketut Wija, said the feasibility
studies for the highway construction have been completed.
“The government has offered the project to toll road making
companies like Jasa Marga etc as it does not have the capacity itself,”
explained Ketut Wija, “but until now they haven’t received any interest from
them.”
Wija confirmed the construction of new toll roads is
necessary to overcome the bottle necks in Bali with the number of people in
Bali per year reaching approximately 11 million including residents, tourists
and domestic arrivals.
The first expressway will link Denpasar to Jembrana, the
second will connect Kuta-Soka-Tanah Lot- Seririt. The Canggu Highway is the
third planned and the fourth, Purnama Beringkit Highway, will link Goa Lawah
with Karangasem.
