REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - The Trans-Sumatra Toll Road Development Project will soon commence following the signing of the order by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY).

"Yesterday (Thursday, September 18), the presidential regulation for the Trans-Sumatra Toll Road Development Project was signed by President SBY. So, PT Hutama Karya could prepare itself for the groundbreaking in the middle of next month," State Enterprises (BUMN) Minister Dahlan Iskan affirmed on Friday.

In the presidential regulation, Yudhoyono has assigned PT Hutama Karya as the government's representative to implement the development project.

Iskan stated that soon after the Perpres (presidential regulation) was passed, he directly urged PT Hutama Karya's board of directors to commence work on the project.

"I think Hutama Karya is ready to start the development of the Trans-Sumatra Toll Road Development Project in line with the results of the meeting with other state-owned construction companies," he reported.

He remarked that the 2.7 thousand-kilometer Trans-Sumatra Toll Road Project would be carried out based on a "build-sell" scheme in the same manner such projects are executed in China.

"Toll road development in China is very fast because it is based on a "build-sell" pattern. Hutama Karya will adopt the pattern in cooperation with other state-owned companies," he emphasized.

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