Balikpapan – Samarinda Road Development

Locations

Indonesia

Type

Road

Status

Under Construction

Total Reported Cost

985.0 million USD

Initiatives

Belt and Road

Start Date

2010

Start of Construction

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Planned Completion Date

2018

Contractors

Consultants

Implementers

Indonesia Ministry of Public Works and Housing

Operators

Funders

Source(s)	Amount
The Export-Import Bank of China	65,000,000 USD
Indonesia	6,500,000 USD

Description

The Balikpapan-Samarinda toll road is divided into five sections. The first section will connect Balikpapan and Samboja, with a length of 13 km; the second section will connect Samboja and Palaran II; the third section will connect Samboja and Palaran II; the fourth section will connect Palaran and Jembatan Mahkota; and the fifth section will connect Balikpapan and Sepinggan.

The objectives of the project are to: a. Improve accessibility and capacity of road networks to facilitate traffic movement in the East Kalimantan Province. b. Increase productivity by the repression of distributional cost and by opening access to regional and international market c. Provide an efficient road transport network in Kalimantan Island to promote the island’s rapid socio-economic development.

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