Rp82.6 billion Aek Batahan bridge slips to June 2027 as budget shifts fiscal years
The project stands at 77 percent physical progress but its budget has been moved to fiscal 2027, extending the contract even as the public works ministry's 2027 allocation covers only about half of stated needs.
The Aek Batahan bridge project in North Sumatra, worth Rp82.69 billion under multi-year contract funding, has entered a contract extension process through June 2027 after its budget was shifted to the 2027 fiscal year, the project's contracting officer confirmed. Physical progress stands at 77 percent, with contractor PT Bahana Krida Nusantara and supervision by PT Gita Cipta Siagayasa. Mid-contract budget shifts typically trigger addendum documentation, revised S-curves and claim negotiations in the project's closing phase.
The delay lands in a tighter budget context: the public works ministry's 2027 allocation has been set at Rp114.59 trillion, about 52 percent of the Rp219.81 trillion in needs the ministry proposed, with Bina Marga receiving Rp37.3 trillion and strategic infrastructure Rp32.57 trillion. Regional administrations are responding by moving procurement earlier — Bogor regency plans to tender ten priority 2027 projects this December, with contracts signed once the regional budget is approved. Earlier tendering shifts planning documents into circulation months ahead of the fiscal year.