Delameta.com – The total section that has been completed is 16.7 kilometers (km), which is part of the Bengkulu to Lubuklinggau section
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated the Bengkulu-Taba Penanjung Toll Road today (20/7). The investment value of the toll road project reached IDR 4.8 trillion.
“Thank God, this morning the Bengkulu-Taba Penanjung Toll Road will operate. This will support logistics mobility, people mobility, and will create new economic growth points,” Jokowi said during the inauguration, broadcast via the Presidential Secretariat’s YouTube, Thursday (20/ 7).
Bengkulu-Taba Penanjung Toll Road
This toll road is part of the Bengkulu-Lubuklinggau section
The Sustainable Toll Road assessment was carried out on the 17.60 km long Bengkulu – Taba Penanjung Toll Road which includes aspects of greening and driver safety
President Jokowi hopes that this toll road can improve Bengkulu’s economy in the future. The Bengkulu-Taba Penanjung Toll Road will be subject to tariffs starting January 12 2023.
There is great hope that the operation of this toll road will accelerate economic growth and speed up the mobility of people and goods.
Apart from that, said Jokowi, society will be more prosperous because Bengkulu’s competitiveness will improve better.
The Bengkulu-Taba Penanjung Toll Road is part of the Lubuk Linggau-Curup-Bengkulu Toll Road. This toll road began construction in September 2019 with a main road of 17.6 km.
This toll road has two toll gates, two interchanges/junctions, 21 bridges, and is planned to have one rest area. The planned speed on this toll road is 80 km per hour.
With this toll road, Taba Penanjung-Bengkulu can be reached in just 15 minutes. In fact, previously it took approximately one hour by national road.
The Taba Penanjung-Bengkulu toll road is managed by PT Hutama Karya (Persero) Tbk. The hope is that this toll road can provide integrated access with Baai Harbor, so that it can improve Bengkulu’s tourism and economic connectivity.
On the other hand, the toll road is also expected to create new economic centers around the project.
