This list of main infrastructure projects in Indonesia includes recently completed projects, activities reported being under way, and main projects which have been announced as likely to start in the near future.
Currently underway
Jakarta-Bandung and Jakarta-Surabaya high-speed rail
Estimated cost: around $US 5.6 billion
The Jakarta-Bandung and Jakarta-Surabaya high-speed rail is the first high-speed railway project in South East Asia. The railway connects Jakarta, the country's capital and largest city, with Bandung, the capital of West Java, with a total length of nearly 142.3 kilometres. PT. Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC), a joint venture between China and Indonesia, will be operating the railway. At the same time, the Chinese partner planned to deliver the Fuxing electric multiple unit (EMU KCIC400AF) and inspection trainset (KCIC400AF CIT 22 01 Inspection trainset) to Indonesia in September 2022, and deliver them at the G20 Bali summit in November 2022 during the test run.
March 2012: It was reported that the Indonesian Government had agreed to funded a feasibility study into the possibility of constructing a super-express train to travel between Jakarta and Bandung (144 km) in as little as 30 minutes. At that time, the trip normally took around three hours. The feasibility study was expected to take perhaps two years to prepare. The completion date of the project was ambitiously mentioned as being perhaps 2017 or 2018. August 2015: During 2015, there was extensive discussion in the Indonesian media about vying bids between Japan and China to support the construction of the project. It was suggested that senior officials in the Indonesian Government were leaning towards favouring the Chinese project. President Jokowi later announced that the Chinese proposal was preferred. January 2016: It was announced that the government's plan to begin the construction of the high-speed train would kick off later in the month. The plan was for the construction to begin later in 2016 and be finished by 2018. August 2016: The Minister for State-Owned Enterprises, Rini Soemarno, said that the process of issuing permits for the project was running smoothly after earlier delays. She said that she believed that construction on the railway could start within a week. September 2020: Director of KCIC Xin Xuezhong stated that construction progress had reached 60 percent and land acquisitions had reached 100 percent. November 2022: During the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesian President Jokowi and Chinese President Xi Jinping remotely attended the trial run of the CIT400AF inspection train, which started a series of its maiden powered test runs on HSR tracks to the west of Tegalluar station. March 2023: Construction has been completed.
Trans-Java toll road
Estimated cost: Rp 51.6 trillion (around $US 5.5 billion) for 619.4 km.
The idea of a trans-Java toll road stretching from the ports of Banyuwangi in the province of East Java to Merak in Banten province in the west of Java has been under discussion in Indonesia for many years. There were plans to get the project underway during the 1990s but work was put on hold following the impact of the 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis in Indonesia. The length of the major highway road is mentioned, variously, at between 800 km to over 1,100 km depending on precisely which subsections of the overall activity are said to be included. There are usually at least 20 subsections listed as part of the overall project. The status of the subsections currently (early 2013) ranges from operational to still in the planning stage. Land acquisition is often a major problem. There are frequent reports in the national press of land acquisition programs for various sub-projects within the overall scheme. The cost of constructing the major part of the toll road (619 km) is listed in the Indonesian government's Masterplan 2011-2015 (MP3EI, p. 199) as Rp 51.6 trillion (around $US 5.5 billion).