South Korea to invest in Nusantara's underwater toll road

President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo (left) talks to journalists on July 29, 2024 while visiting the newly built presidential palace in Nusantara, East Kalimantan, the country’s future capital. - AFP

JAKARTA: The government is teaming up with South Korea to build an underwater toll road for Nusantara, which is estimated to cost some US$690 million and will be the country’s first, an infrastructure director at the Public Works and Housing Ministry has announced.

“The estimated cost to finish the immersed tunnel is around Rp 11 trillion,” Wida Nurfaida said on Wednesday (Aug 7) at the Indonesia-Korea Technical Exchange Seminar & Business Networking 2024, as quoted by Tempo.co.