Construction in the Slow Lane

THE red-painted steel poles were in rows on the 11-kilometer stretch of land. This is the road that will later be filled with cars, especially when people go home at Lebaran. Leading to nine districts, the arrival of the Batang-Semarang, Central Java toll road, has long been awaited.

However, when Tempo visited on Wednesday last week, there was no land being measured, let alone any road works. In fact Heru Prasetyo, head of the land supply team,

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