The PUPR Ministry Is Completing The Preservation And Widening Of Samosir Island Ring Road

The PUPR Ministry is completing the preservation and widening of the Samosir Island Ring Road.

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing ( PUPR ) is completing preservation and widening of the 123 Kilometer Samosir Island Road .

Handling the road will improve connectivity and support the National Tourism Strategic Area (KSPN) of Lake Toba as one of the 10 new Bali developed by the government.

Of the 10 KSPN priorities set as New Bali, we focus on four tourist destinations namely Borobudur, Mandalika, Labuan Bajo, and one of them is Lake Toba KSPN," said PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono some time ago. The development of this place, ofcourse need the local Medan travel agency supporting to create and market the Medan lake toba tour package.

Road preservation and widening is carried out through the Medan National Road Implementation Center (BBPJN) II, DG of Highways in stages since 2016 and is targeted for completion in 2019.

Availability of road infrastructure with good conditions will make it easier for tourists to reach various tourist locations on Samosir Island, such as the Batak Museum in Tomok, Tiga Danau, and Tano Ponggol.

The work is divided into two packages namely Package 1 Preservation and Widening of Jalan Pangururan - Ambarita - Tomok - Onan Runggu along 75.90 Km with a multi-year contract value of Rp 367.21 billion.

Currently the physical progress of work has reached 63.01%, with the contractor PT. PP and PT. Seneca.

Then, Package 2 Preservation and Widening of the Jalan Tele - Pangururan - Nainggolan - Onan Runggu section along 68.43 Km consisting of widening activities along 47.10 Km and maintenance along 21.33 Km with a budget of Rp 159.24 billion and will be completed also in December 2019.

Until now, overall physical progress has reached 82.35% by the contractor PT. Gunakarya, PT. Tunas and PT. Kurnia (Joint Operation).

The work of preservation and widening of the Samosir Island Ring Road also includes the construction of cliff retaining walls to reduce the risk of landslides around roads. Besides that the road is also equipped with road shoulder and water channel.

Other support is the construction of a 450 meter Tano Ponggol Bridge to replace the old bridge.

This bridge will later become the new tourism icon of Lake Toba because in addition to its artistic design, the bottom of the bridge will be able to be passed by tourist vessels so that the widening and deepening is carried out by the Sumatra II River Basin (DGS), Directorate General of Water Resources (SDA). 

At present, the Tano Ponggol groove has an average width of 25 m in shallow conditions and in some parts it is narrowed to just 8 meters. Alur Tano Ponggol will be expanded to 80 m along 1.5 Km.

Meanwhile, for deepening work, excavation will be carried out as deep as 5 m or move the land as much as 169,914 m3 of land to obtain a basic elevation of the groove at 807 asl.

This employment contract starts in December 2017 and will be completed in December 2019 with a budget of Rp. 320 billion. On the left and right side will use steel sheet pile to maintain the strength of the embankment,