Governmental Domination in Toll Road Development (A Study on Social Effect of Toll Road Development in Boyolali Regency)

Abstract

Indonesian population number increases over times, reaching ± 268.9 millions people in 2018. To compensate the population growth rate, road infrastructure is required; the choice of infrastructure development as the strategy to improve economic growth makes the toll road development increases very rapidly. This research was intended to analyze, firstly, the improved welfare of the communities around the toll road; secondly, to analyze the top-down toll road development model resulting in the low public participation; and thirdly to find the road toll development model with surrounding community partnership by giving them business access. The analysis method employed was interactive analysis. The result of study showed unimproved welfare of society surrounding Toll Road, Toll Road development as government domain in which no social participation within it, and the community’s very poor access to business. The author recommends the policy maker to involve people surrounding the toll road in working on the farmland along the toll road edge, to give them access to establish business in rest area, and to enable them to have share as the compensation for the land.