The Utilization of Sumatra Toll Road in Building the Economy: a hope or just wishful thinking?

Abstract

This study investigates whether the operation of the Trans Sumatra Toll Road to improve the welfare of the Indonesian people is a realistic goal or merely a pipe dream. This research is normative legal research using secondary data sources gleaned from a literature review, and it is prescriptive in nature. Several prior studies on the effects of the operation of the Trans Sumatra Toll Road are indicated by the findings. This research will focus on the study of the operationalization of the Trans Sumatra Toll Road from the perspective of positive impacts as opportunities that can be maximized, as well as minimizing the potential for the emergence of inhibiting factors as concrete forms of challenges that must be confronted based on the study's perspective (economic, social, and legal) that have direct contact with community life. A comprehensive study of the operationalization of the Trans Sumatra Toll Road is anticipated to contribute academically to the basis for consideration in order to maximize opportunities for positive impacts and minimize challenges in the form of impeding factors for the operation of the Trans Sumatra Toll Road in an effort to improve the well-being of the Indonesian people.