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Land acquisition of toll roads in Pekalongan is constraine

                The process of land clearance of the trans-Java toll road project in the Pekalongan regency, Central Java, has been slow, due to constraints in land acquisition processes or data collection in the field, such as the investigation of inheritance rights of land affected by toll road projects, Land that has changed hands due to sale or purchase or is reproduced. Until now, from 23 villages affected by the toll road project, only five villages have been paid land compensation.

               Secretary of Executor of Toll Road Exemption of Pekalongan Regency, Wahyudi Widodo, said that the land acquisition executive is optimistic that the process will be completed by the end of August 2016, according to the target given, Elshinta Contributor Eka Susanti said Tuesday (2/8).

               Widodo explained, from 23 villages affected by the toll, until July 2016 only five villages have been paid, with a value of Rp43, 8 billion. These five villages are each village of Surobayan, Karangdowo, Rengas, Tegalsuruh and Tegalontar. Meanwhile, eight villages have been announced or assessment phase. Four other villages are ready to be announced and the rest are still processed.

              Widodo further said that for the interchange of the original toll road in Bojongminggir Village, Bojong District, the plan will change in Purwodadi Village, Sragi District. Thus, PPKom proposed that Bojongminggir Village be removed from the determination of toll road location, because it is no longer included in the toll road.

              Meanwhile, for interchange access from Purwodadi to Pantura line, it is proposed the addition of new location which includes Tengengwetan Village, Tengengkulon, and Rembun. Based on the data from the Pekalongan District Government's sections, the land affected by the toll road includes 2006 parcels of land, 51 parcels of land, eight parcels of land, 13 plots of waqf, three grave land, 38 public facilities (fasum) (Fasos), and 18 other fields (PJKA, BRI, SD, field).

             For the village treasury land there is difficulty finding replacement land in one village. Meanwhile, the three tombs of the toll road project are located in the villages of Babalan Kidul, Babalan Lor, and Ambokembang. To find a replacement land of the grave was still constrained.