Indonesia: Criticized by Anies, Sumatra toll road apparently makes Lampung bananas sell

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - The government continues to encourage infrastructure development in Indonesia. This infrastructure development is considered to create connectivity between regions, facilitate distribution, and provide added economic value in a region. Director of Separated State Assets, Directorate General of State Assets (DJKN) of the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) Meirijal Nur gave an example of the benefits of building the Palembang-Lampung section of the Trans Sumatra Toll Road. He said that the existence of this toll road section was able to cut travel time from 11 hours to just 3 hours. "This area used to be prone to lots of jumping squirrels and it was unsafe, the travel time was long, once the Sumatra toll road was available it only took 2-3 hours. This is an example where the impact is really felt," said Meirijal in a discussion on Support for the Acceleration of Infrastructure Provision by the Government at the Ministry of Finance, Jakarta, Friday (8/12/2023). ...