The central government has taken over roadwork to improve public infrastructure in two more provinces, with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo pledging to prioritize severely damaged roads used for manufacturing and logistics to avoid an inflationary spike.

Following his infrastructure inspection visit this week in Jambi and North Sumatra, Jokowi said the government would immediately repair damaged roads in the two provinces. He added that it would also disburse Rp 800 billion for roadwork in North Sumatra.

"But this will take time because the number of damaged roads we had earlier was already [high]," the President said on Wednesday, on the sidelines of a road inspection visit to North Labuhan Batu, North Sumatra. He added that North Sumatra was not the only province with damaged roads, and that roads in other provinces were in a state “more or less similar”.

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courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by Yerica Lai and Apriadi Gunawan (The Jakarta Post)

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