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JAKARTA, Mar 12 (AFP): The hazards of driving fast on Indonesian roads are escalating: if you don't hit one of the countless potholes, you may find your expressway sinking.
Now analysts warn that unless investment perks up this year, Indonesia's economy may head in the same direction.
Disappearing roads have joined regular power outages, an overburdened phone network and a groaning railway system on Indonesia's list of things-to-fix as Southeast Asia's largest economy fights off a looming infrastructure crisis.
Few roads, bridges, power plants or any other pieces of infrastructure have been built here since the Asian financial crisis struck in 1997, crippling Indonesia and unleashing political turmoil as well.
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