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Physical construction of the Pekanbaru-Bangkinang Toll Road will absorb 5,800 workers for the Labor Intensive Program, Head of the Toll Road Regulatory Agency (BPJT) Danang Parikesit stated.

"The Pekanbaru-Bangkinang toll road is designed to involve several sub-contractors, most of whom are locals, under the implementation of a Labor Intensive Program," Head of BPJT Danang stated while reporting the progress on the physical work of the toll road to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) during a working visit to Riau Province, Wednesday.

Apart from involving local sub-contractors, Danang remarked that the success of this project was owing to the district head’s support regarding land acquisition.

The BPJT head also reported that work on three Trans-Sumatra toll roads will be completed in 2021.

"If the backbone is still targeted for completion in 2024, it depends on the funding budget," Danang remarked as quoted from the virtual broadcast of the Presidential Secretariat, Bureau of Press Media and Information 2021, on May 19, 2021.

Danang further remarked that the Tebing Tinggi-Pematang Siantar toll road, the 96.5-km section of Kuala Tanjung-Pematang Siantar, the Bengkulu-Taba Penajung toll road, which is a section of the City of Bengkulu-Taba Penanjung, Bengkulu Tengah District, spanning a length of 17.6 km, fell under the program.

The Pekanbaru-Bangkinang toll road project encompasses section 6 of the Padang-Pekanbaru toll road project along 254.80 km comprising six sections: Section 1 of Padang-Sicincin, spanning 36.15 km; Section 2 of Sicincin-Bukittinggi, reaching 38 km; Section 3 of Bukittinggi-Payakumbuh, extending 34 km; Section 4 of Payakumbuh-Pangkalan, extending 58 km; Section 5 of Pangkalan-Bangkinang reaching 56 km; and Section 6 of Bangkinang-Pekanbaru, spanning 40 km. (Antaranews)