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Chinese and Japanese involvement in Indonesian toll roads

Firms from China and Japan will carry out toll road construction projects in Indonesia in partnership with local companies. The Chinese companies CSEC and CHEC will team up with Indonesian firm Hutama Karya for the Medan-Kualanamu-Tebing Tinggi toll road project. This 17km toll road project is due for completion in early 2014 and will cost in the order of US$152 million to complete. A loan worth $137 million is being provided for the project from Chinese sources while over $15 million will be provided by th
April 17, 2012 Read time: 1 min
RSSFirms from China and Japan will carry out toll road construction projects in Indonesia in partnership with local companies. The Chinese companies CSEC and CHEC will team up with Indonesian firm Hutama Karya for the Medan-Kualanamu-Tebing Tinggi toll road project. This 17km toll road project is due for completion in early 2014 and will cost in the order of US$152 million to complete. A loan worth $137 million is being provided for the project from Chinese sources while over $15 million will be provided by the Indonesian state funds.

Meanwhile the Japanese company Obayashi is teaming up with Indonesia firm Konstruksi Manggala Pratama (Konstruksi Manggala) for Tanjung Priok section of the E-24 toll road. This $125 million toll road project is due for completion in 2014. The firms will commence the project with a 1.9km section that will connect Cilincing and Impang Jampea.

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