Construction of the Gedebage-Tasikmalaya-Cilacap Toll Road, the Longest Candidate Toll Road in Indonesia, Begins in Late 2022
Indonesia adds more toll road construction facilities. This time, the construction of the Gedebage-Tasikmalaya-Cilacap Toll Road project will begin at the end of 2022. The discourse on the addition of this toll road is marked by the signing of the Toll Road Concession Agreement (PPJT) from a consortium of SOEs with private companies, at the PUPR Ministry Building, Jakarta, Monday (31st). /1/2022). The longest toll road in Indonesia President Director of PT Jasamarga Gedebage Cilacap Tbk Jo Mancelly explained, the Gedebage-Tasikmalaya-Cilacap Toll Road has a total length of 206.65 kilometers (km) which makes this toll road the longest toll road segment in Indonesia. Indonesia, with an investment of Rp 56 trillion and a concession period of 40 years. The Gedebage-Tasikmalaya-Cilacap Toll Road will later cross two provinces at once, namely West Java Province with a length of 169.09 km and Central Java Province with 37.56 km. Starting from the starting point of Gedebage Junction in Bandung Regency, West Java," said Jo Mancelly through a press release, Monday (31/1/2022). "Then passing through Majalaya, Garut, Tasikmalaya, Ciamis, Banjar and Pangandaran, to the Cilacap area, Central Java, the construction of which is divided into four sections." Two stages of development Jo also added that the construction of the Gedebage-Tasikmalaya-Cilacap Toll Road will be carried out in two stages. Stacking (SS) Tasikmalaya is 94.22 km long. Construction for the first phase is targeted to start at the end of 2022 and be completed in 2024. "Furthermore, for the second phase, namely Section 3 and Section 4, which starts from SS Tasikmalaya to SS Cilacap 112.43 km long," said Jo. The development includes a 1.3 km main road in Section 1 which is connected to the planned Bandung Intra Urban Toll Road (BIUTR). targeted to be built at the same time as the BIUTR Toll Road is under construction or at the latest in the second phase of the construction of the Gedebage-Tasikmalaya-Cilacap Toll Road. "Construction construction for the second phase itself is targeted to start at the end of 2027 and be completed in 2029," he explained. It will be connected to the Padaleunyi toll road and the Bandung Intra Urban Toll Road. Gedebage will be connected to the Padaleunyi Toll Road and the planned Bandung Intra Urban Toll Road. The Gedebage-Tasikmalaya-Cilacap Toll Road will be built with 2x2 lanes, each lane is 3.6 m wide and will be built with an at grade structure design of 175.27 km, an elevated structure of 22.26 km, and pile slabs of 9, 12 km in the Gedebage area. The Gedebage-Tasikmalaya-Cilacap Toll Road is part of the National Strategic Project (PSN) and supports government programs in infrastructure distribution. The construction of this toll road will increase connectivity, economic activities, facilitate the distribution of goods and services to the development of industry and tourism in the southern corridors of West Java and Central Java Provinces. PT Jasamarga Gedebage Cilacap (JGC) is a Toll Road Business Entity (BUJT) formed by the BUMN-Private Consortium that won the tender for the construction of the Gedebage-Tasikmalaya-Cilacap Toll Road, which consists of Jasa Marga as the majority shareholder of 32.5 percent, the Partnership PT Daya Mulia Turangga-Gama Group-PT Jasa Sarana by 27.5 percent, Waskita Karya by 20 percent, PTPP by 10 percent, and Wijaya Karya by 10 percent.
Since the last few years, the central government has been aggressively developing toll road infrastructure. Some of the new toll roads broke the record for the length of toll roads that had already been built.
The following is a row of the 7 longest toll roads in Indonesia:
1. Terbanggi Besar-Kayu Agung Toll Road (189.2 km) Terbanggi Besar-Kayu Agung Toll Road is by far the longest toll road in Indonesia with a length of 189.2 km from Lampung, crossing Pematang Panggang, to Kayu Agung which is part of Ogan Komering Regency Ilir (OKI), South Sumatra. This toll road was started by state- owned PT Hutama Karya (Persero) in July 2018 and operated in November 2019 or completed within 841 days.
Hutama Karya himself is a contractor and operator of toll roads in the Trans Sumatra toll connection.
2. Bakauheni-Terbanggi Besar Toll Road (140.94 km) Bakauheni-Terbanggi Besar Toll Road is ranked second as the longest toll road in Indonesia. This toll road has a total length of up to 140.94 kilometers. The freeway starts from the Bakauheni area, which is located not far from the Bakauheni Ferry Port, which is part of the South Lampung Regency, to Terbanggi Besar in Central Lampung Regency. This toll road has been worked on by PT Hutama Karya (Persero) since April 2015 and was inaugurated in March 2019 with a value ofinvestment of IDR 16.7 trillion. This toll road is then connected to the Terbanggi Besar-Kayu Agung toll road section.
3. Pekanbaru-Dumai Toll Road (131.48 km) Pekanbaru–Dumai Toll Road or Permai Toll Road is a toll road part of the Trans Sumatra Toll Road that connects Pekanbaru and Dumai, both of which are still included in Riau Province. The length of the Permai Toll Road is 131.48 km which crosses Pekanbaru City, Siak Regency, Bengkalis Regency, and Dumai City, making it the longest toll road in Indonesia in third place. This toll road began construction in December 2016 and was inaugurated in September 2020. Permai toll road connects several economic centers in Riau.
4. Cikampek-Palimanan Toll Road (116.75 km) Cipali Toll Road (Cikampek-Palimanan) is the former longest toll road in Indonesia which was inaugurated in June 2015 with a length of approximately 116.75 km.
Even so, the Cipali Toll Road is still the longest toll road on the island of Java. This toll road crosses the Cikopo, Subang, Purwakarta, and Palimanan areas. This toll road is also part of the Trans Java Toll Road that connects Merak, Banten to Banyuwangi, East Java. Cipali Toll Road had changed ownership. Initially, this toll road was owned by Saratoga which was affiliated with Sandiaga Uno before being sold to UEM Group Berhad. Later, the Malaysian investor then sold it back to PT Baskhara Utama Sedaya (BUS), a subsidiary of the Astra Group.
5. Jakarta-Merak Toll Road (98 km) The Jakarta-Merak toll road was completed in 1984 which crosses the western part of Jakarta, Serang, Tangerang, and Cilegon City. This toll road connects Jakarta with Merak Port with a length of approximately 98 km. This toll road is one of the busiest toll roads in Indonesia because its location connects several industrial areas spread from Tangerang to Cilegon.
6. Solo-Ngawi Toll Road (90.43 km) The length of the Solo-Ngawi toll road is 90.43 km or the sixth longest toll road. This toll road passes through Boyolali Regency, Karanganyar Regency, Sragen Regency, and Ngawi Regency. The Solo-Ngawi toll road is connected to the Semarang-Solo toll road, the Semarang-Solo toll road in the west and the Ngawi-Kertosono toll road, the Ngawi-Kertosono toll road in the east. The operator of this toll road is PT Jasamarga Solo Ngawi (JSN), which is a subsidiary of PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk.
7. Ngawi-Kertosono Toll Road (87.02) An 87.02 km long toll road that connects Ngawi with Kertosono, East Java. This toll road passes through Jombang Regency, Nganjuk Regency, Madiun Regency, and Ngawi Regency. The Ngawi Kertosono Toll Road is connected to the Solo-Ngawi Toll Road in the west and the Kertosono-Mojokerto Toll Road in the east. This toll road has been fully operational since 2018 and is part of the Trans Java Toll Road that connects Surabaya and Jakarta. The owner of this toll road is PT Jasamarga Ngawi Kertosono Kediri, which is a subsidiary of PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk. It is noted that this toll road is the longest in Indonesia in seventh place.