As reported by Tribun-Bali.com, the National Toll Road Agency (BPJT), operating under the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing, has issued an update on Bali’s long-stalled Gilimanuk-Mengwi Toll Road.
Based on BPJT documents, the Gilimanuk-Mengwi Toll Project is now in the “pre-qualification phase.” The Gilimanuk-Mengwi project covers a distance of 96.84 kilometers at a projected cost of Rp. 25.404 trillion.
“The scope of the project includes funding, technical planning, operation, maintenance for the entire toll road as well as construction implementation on the Toll Road Business Entity (BUJT) portion,” explained the BPJT document dated Wednesday, 11 December 2024.
The Gilimanuk-Mengwi Toll Road will transect three Bali – Jembrana, Tabanan, and Badung regencies involving 13 sub-districts (kecamatan) and 58 villages.
At a recent post-election gathering of campaign workers and supporters held in Jembrana on Wednesday, 11 December 2024, Governor-elect Wayan Koster assured that the Mengwi-Gilimanuk Toll Road would continue to completion.
The Gilimanuk-Mengwi Toll Road is composed of three sections:
- Section One: Gilimanuk – Perkutatan 53.6 kilometers.
- Section Two: Perkutatan -Soka 24.3 kilometers.
- Section Three: Soka – Mengwi 18.9 kilomteres
The renewed pre-qualification and bidding process will be performed Online, concluding on Monday, 03 February 2025.
Individual corporate bodies or ad hoc consortiums can apply and participate in pre-qualification. Those participating in the process must either be the CEO of the participating bidder or hold a Power of Attorney issued by the CEO. The application must also include a copy of an identity card (KTP)/driver’s license (SIM)/Passport.
The entire pre-qualification process will be done without charge to the participating applicant.
An initial groundbreaking ceremony was conducted on 10 September 2022 before the toll road project came to a halt due to the failure of the initial lead to secure funds or investors to allow the road project to continue.
Now, both assurances issued by Bali’s Governor-elect Wayan Koster and statements from the BJPT have reignited faith that construction on the essential road connection will recommence.
Koster told the press that, at this point, officials are working to secure land and right of way in the Perkutatan, Jembran region.
In closing, Koster said: “The tollways project continues. In the middle of 2025, construction will start.”
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