National Road in North Sumatra Damaged

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877 KM Street the PROVINCE in North Sumatra BROKEN

The press release of the North Sumatran Provincial Government that was received by Antara in Medan, on Tuesday, mentioned, almost 50 percent or around 1.000 Km from 2.000 Km the national road in North Sumatra also experienced damage. This condition emerged one of them resulting from the height of the activity of the transport in the sending produced by the plantation like CPO, rubber and tea from North Sumatra. This "chronic" condition was aggravated with the insignificance of the alternative road like the toll road in North Sumatra that just one, namely the toll road of Belawan-Medan-Tanjung Morawa (Belmera) that only along 33 Km.

Whereas the development plan of the other toll road like Medan-Binjai and Tebing Tinggi-Kuala Namun was not yet realised until this. The head of the Informasi Body and North Sumatran Communication, Edy Sofyan, said, the condition was incomparable with konstribusi North Sumatra that contributed 16.49 percent foreign exchange and the surplus perdagang international that was experienced by Indonesia. According to him, this data stocktaking was sent to the Hall Street and Nasional Bridge that was authorised considered the condition for the infrastructure. His side also sent this condition to the Committee of Kerja People's Representative Council (the People's Representative Council) and the Perwakilan Council of the Area (DPD) that came from North Sumatra.
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On Thursday, on August 07 2008 12:12 WIB Perbaikan jalintim Sumatra dkebut gazed at WASPADA ONLINE Lebaran Jambi - the Improvement and the increase in the Eastern Crossing road (Jalintim) Sumatra the part of Bakauheni-Jambi along 746 km continued to be speeded up so as to be able to be finished slowest two days before Lebaran (H-10). The "Jalintim improvement was aimed at was finished in the next one months in view of the fact that this route was the main axis returnees from Java to cities in Sumatra," said the Director Street and Wilayah Barat Departemen Bridge of the Public Works, Hediyanto Hussaini, on Wednesday, when considering the improvement of several parts in Jalintim Lampung-South Sumatra-Jambi. He said, the Jalintim condition generally at this time was good enough. Only indeed in several places still had the improvement. "However the level" of "his damage was not heavy so as the process" of the "improvement could be carried out with penambalan (patching) and the coating (overlay)," he said.

To reduce the density in Jalintim the Lampung province, the alternative route to the Timur Coast the part of Bakauheni-Menggala along 204 km also has been carried out by the improvement. The "part" of "this Timur Coast could become alternative for the Lebaran returnees to avoid the impasse and the density" of the "normal traffic happened in Jalintim," he said.
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