A bridge being built to connect Surabaya and Madura Island will be completed by March and ready for use in April, an executive says.
“The construction of the *Indonesian Golden Gate’ bridge’s main span is ongoing and will be completed in February to connect Madura’s approach ramp with Surabaya’s one. All work will be completed in March and the long bridge will be ready for use in April,” Atiyanto Busono, head of the task force overseeing construction of the bridge’s main span, said on Tuesday.
The project to build the 5-kilometer-long bridge, which will be the longest in the country, was initiated in 2003 by state-owned construction companies working in cooperation with China under a budget of Rp5.4 trillion (about US$490 million).
Atiyanto said progress had been hampered over the past months by heavy rainfall.
“We have to stop when it is raining and in constructing the bridge’s main span we have to closely coordinate with the Meteorology and Geophysics station at Tanjungperak port,” he said.
He said his team was still awaiting the go-ahead to clear land in housing areas near both ends of the bridge, in Surabaya and Bangkalan.
The Surabaya administration brought the land-clearance issue to the Surabaya District Court after land-owners refused to sell the plots.(madura.BlogDetik.Com/AS)
“The construction of the *Indonesian Golden Gate’ bridge’s main span is ongoing and will be completed in February to connect Madura’s approach ramp with Surabaya’s one. All work will be completed in March and the long bridge will be ready for use in April,” Atiyanto Busono, head of the task force overseeing construction of the bridge’s main span, said on Tuesday.
The project to build the 5-kilometer-long bridge, which will be the longest in the country, was initiated in 2003 by state-owned construction companies working in cooperation with China under a budget of Rp5.4 trillion (about US$490 million).
Atiyanto said progress had been hampered over the past months by heavy rainfall.
“We have to stop when it is raining and in constructing the bridge’s main span we have to closely coordinate with the Meteorology and Geophysics station at Tanjungperak port,” he said.
He said his team was still awaiting the go-ahead to clear land in housing areas near both ends of the bridge, in Surabaya and Bangkalan.
The Surabaya administration brought the land-clearance issue to the Surabaya District Court after land-owners refused to sell the plots.(madura.BlogDetik.Com/AS)
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