Hybrid Policy Model in the Land Acquisition Decision-Making Process for Toll Road Project in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Abstract

This research is related to the social phenomenon of land acquisition for toll road construction. It is necessary to enrich knowledge about policy politics, especially in the decision-making process of land acquisition policies, by involving the participation of widely affected communities (hybrid policy). The implementation of land acquisition for the Sicincin-Padang toll road construction in West Sumatra relatively encounters challenges such as issues of compensation, disputes over customary land, coordination between stakeholders, and such. The purpose of this research is to formulate a hybrid policy model for the decision-making process of land acquisition for the construction of toll roads in West Sumatra. The research approach is a mixed method, a kind of concurrent triangulation, namely two-sided research conducted simultaneously so that both sides have the same emphasis (data collection and analysis techniques). Data were collected from relevant informants and respondents from affected communities (325 respondents). Data were analyzed using a soft system methodology consisting of root definition, customers, actors, transformation, worldview, owners, and environmental constraints (CATWOE) analysis. The study results explain that the implementation of land acquisition for toll roads in Indonesia and the Sicincin-Padang section of toll roads in West Sumatra has not been optimal; there are still problems such as refusal of compensation value, road alignment issues, land acquisition administration, and coordination between the central government, local government, and the community. Furthermore, based on the above findings, a hybrid policy model for land acquisition policy (especially at the planning stage) is formulated as a novel concept that can be an alternative solution to the problem of toll road land acquisition.

Received: 15 January 2023 / Accepted: 20 April 2023 / Published: 5 May 2023