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Government to complete access road to Bengkulu Port in 2018
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Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono (kompas.com/Abba Gabrillin)
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he Public Works and Public Housing Ministry aims to complete works on a 5.4- kilometer access road to Baai Island Port in Bengkulu next year.
"The road heading to the port has four lanes. We have completed 1.7-km. Hopefully we can finish the road in 2018, Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said in a statement over the weekend.
The port was constructed by the British colonial administration in the 18th century. The old city was then known as Bencoolen.
Unlike the other part of Sumatra that was colonized by the Dutch, Bengkulu was colonized by Britain for around 140 years before it was ceded to the Dutch under the 1892 Anglo-British treaty in exchange for Singapore.
The port is managed by state-owned port management company PT Pelindo II (Persero). The company is building the terminal for crude palm oil (CPO) export with a capacity of 57,000 liters. (bbn)
