Sunda Strait Bridge Feasibility Study Take Two Years

Jakarta (Antara Bali) - Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto  said a feasibility study on the construction  of the Sunda Strait Bridge will take two years.

"In line with  Presidential Instruction no.86/2011 on the Sunda Strait strategic area and infrastructure, the initiators will soon conduct a feasibility study, they will be given 24 months to complete it," the minister said at a meeting on the Sunda Strait bridge project here on Tuesday.

For the purpose, in the near future, the government and the Banten-Lampung consortium joining PT Bangungraha Sejahtera Mulia will establish cooperation in carrying out the bridge's feasibility study, he explained.

"Next week, there will be a signing between  the government and the initiators. And starting from that date, for two years, the initiators will carry out the feasibility study, basic design and budget planning," he said.

When the feasibility study is completed, the government will start the tender for the project. Hopefully,  construction of the Sunda Strait bridge could begin in 2014.(IGT)