Construction of Sumatra Toll Road Project Stalls Over Compensation

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Bandarlampung, May 21 (ANTARA lampung) - Work to build the Trans Sumatra toll road project in Lampung has stalled over land compensation demanded by land owners.

Chairman of the team for the socialization for the acceleration of the project in Lampung Tauhidi said that work would start only after the process of compensation is wrapped up.

"Currently an independent team formed by the Lampung Land Office (BPN) is calculating the price of land to be used for the project," Tauhidi said here on Thursday.

He said the government has marked the area to be used for the project in Lampung .

The team for the project socialization and land clearing for the project in the Bakauheni--Terbanggi Besar section in Lampung is still working that the land clearing process could be finished as scheduled, he said.

He said compensation to be paid by the government for the land would be based on the result of the assessment by the independent team formed by BPN

The grown breaking of the project was already made official by President Joko Widodo late last month , but so far no concrete steps has been taken toward its implementation.