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View all search resultsJokowi opens first N. Sulawesi toll road to drive local economy
Pressing ahead with his infrastructure development agenda, the President inaugurated on Tuesday the first toll road in North Sulawesi – the third such event since the end of August.
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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday inaugurated the Manado-Danowudu section of the Manado-Bitung toll road, the first highway in North Sulawesi.
The new toll road section connecting the provincial capital and Danowudu in Ranowulu district spans 26 kilometers, 65 percent of the 40-kilometer Manado-Bitung toll road.
“Once the Manado-Bitung toll road is complete, it will cut travel time between the two [end] points from 1.5 hours to just half an hour,” Jokowi said during the inauguration ceremony on Sept. 29, which he attended by videoconference from Bogor Palace in West Java.
“The [Manado] tollgate is also situated just 12 minutes from Sam Ratulangi International Airport,” he added.
PT Jasamarga Manado Bitung (JMB), a subsidiary of state-owned toll road operator PT Jasa Marga, broke ground on the toll road in 2017. The project is a public-private partnership with the Public Works and Housing Ministry.
According to a statement from Jasa Marga, the Manado-Bitung toll road is a Rp 4.95 trillion (US$332.5 million) investment with a 40-year concession period.
The President expressed hope that the new toll road would cut logistics and distribution costs from the port of Manado to the Bitung Special Economic Zone (SEZ) as well as improve the region’s competitiveness to attract more investments.
