Government to tender 16 toll road projects

Government to tender 16 toll road projects

JAKARTA (JP): The government announced yesterday the tender of
16 toll road projects covering 485 kilometers in Java and
Sumatra.

An executive of the state-owned toll-road operator PT Jasa
Marga, Abdul Hadi, said that the projects would require a total
investment of about Rp 9 trillion (US$3.67 billion).

"Many overseas and local firms have expressed an interest in
the projects and they now can obtain the bidding documents for
the tender," he said.

He said that registration of bidders would be from July 14 to
July 25, while a technical briefing on the projects was scheduled
for July 29.

Interested parties would have the chance to submit their
preliminary proposals between July 30 and Sept. 9, and documents
of investment proposals between Dec. 16 and Feb. 27, 1998, he
added.

"The winners will be announced by Minister of Public Works
Radinal Moochtar between Jan. 23 and Feb. 27. Contracts will be
awarded between Jan. 27 and March 10," Hadi was quoted by Antara
as saying.

The projects are: the road connecting Surakarta and Mantingan
in Central Java (20 km), Mantingan-Ngawi in East Java (35 km),
Ngawi-Caruban in East Java (34 km), Medan-Binjai in North Sumatra
(25 km), the 27-km toll road linking Medan-Kualanamu in North
Sumatra, Serpong-Parung Panjang (30 km), Cilegon-Bojanegara (10
km), Cilegon-Labuan (65 km) and the 10-km Tangerang outer ring
road, all in West Java, the 15.5-km freeway linking Serpong and
Tangerang in West Java, Antasari-Depok in Central Java (17 km),
Serpong-Parung in West Java (17 km), Cibadak-Pelabuhan Ratu (30
km) in West Java , Kualanamu-Tebingtinggi in North Sumatra (45
km), Bandar Lampung-Terbanggi Besar (50 km) and Bandar Lampung-
Panjang (25 km) in southern Sumatra. (icn)