Bumpy road for trans-Sumatra toll road development


The Marelan tollgate in North Sumatra is almost ready to serve travellers. The Helvetia-Marelan subsection is part of the Medan-Binjai section of the trans-Sumatra toll road. - The Jakarta Post

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Land acquisition and human capital issues have remained a challenge in the development of the mega trans-Sumatra toll road project, which might delay its scheduled completion.

State-owned construction company Hutama Karya, which is in charge of most of the trans-Sumatra toll road sections, is still struggling to acquire land in parts of Sumatra, the firm’s president director Budi Harto said on Wednesday (Nov 25).

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