JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Indonesia plans to start building its longest sea bridge next year to connect two islands near Singapore and boost growth and trade with the neighboring hub.
The seven-kilometer bridge connecting Batam and Bintan will cost as much as 4 trillion rupiah (RM1.1bil) and construction is set to take three to four years, the country’s cabinet secretariat said in a statement on Thursday.
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