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National scene: Govt vows to build 60 bridges for villages
The central government has targeted building 60 iron suspension bridges to improve access in mountainous villages across the country
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he central government has targeted building 60 iron suspension bridges to improve access in mountainous villages across the country.
The government, which has been pushing to close the infrastructure gap between urban areas and remote regions, has built 10 hanging bridges in Banten and four in Magelang, Central Java, since 2015, but Papua and Sulawesi are still in dire need of hanging bridges to support movement of people, according to a government data.
The pledge was made by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Saturday while inaugurating a new 90-meter suspension bridge named Kali Galeh in Bulu subdistrict, Temanggung regency, Central Java.
“I don’t only inaugurate big bridges, but also small ones like this because they are a vital part of our infrastructure. This hanging bridge will speed up the distribution of logistics and the mobility of people between villages and subdistricts,” Jokowi said, adding that such a bridge could cost up to Rp 6 billion (US$451,000).
