The Government admitted
that infra-structure in Indonesia was still far from perfection, and such was
felt as one of the handicaps in the process of social and economic development
in Indonesia. To overcome the problem, a number of large scale infrastructure
projects were now underway in many regions. Two ministries were responsible in
infra structure building, i.e. the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry
of Transportation/Communication. In 2014, budget allocation of the Ministry of
Public Works was prioritized for national connectivity through road building.
Meanwhile in 2015 the
Ministry of Public Works would need at least Rp.123.29 trillions for infrastructure
building in Indonesia an increase of 46.5% compared
to 2014 at Rp.84.14 trillion. The fund would be used for building
infra-structure in water resources system, road management, development of
infra-structure four housing settlements and space planning by the Ministry of
Public Works. Djoko Kirmanto, the Minister of Public Works stated in Jakarta on
Friday [11/4] stated that of the total Rp.123.29 trillion budget, Rp.60.03
trillion was allocated for road construction. The breakdown: for road infra
structure 2,423 km long, for restoration of bridges 9.5 km, construction of new
roads 402 km, and widening of road in strategic location, border regions and
remote regions 790 km.
Meanwhile in 2014 the
Government was striving to increase road capacity in Sumatra, Java, Bali,
Kalimantan, Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara Timur and Papua
totaling 3,854.3 km long, including maintenance of 329.9 km long bidges, The
allocation for ministries was in synergy with investment plan for related
BUMN, whereby to step up capacity for transportation services in each sector respectively.
Today transportation of
goods in Indonesia was still reliant on roads, and yet transportation by
railway was supposed to be more efficient. The existing data showed the total
length of railway in Indonesia was around 6,000 km of which more than 2,000 km
were no longer functional, most of them were branch rails regarded as not
advantageous when put in operation.
Beside the Ministry of
Public Works, the Ministry of Transportation would also reduce land transportation
burden on roads in Indonesia by integrating various transportation mode.
Deputy Minister of Transportation Bambang Susantono mentioned that 93% of goods
flow were today transported on roads, making the roads to be over-burdened.
The over-burdened roads
were clearly visible among others in Java Northern Coastline Highway [Pantura]
which showed how overloaded the roads were. Therefore, in the next 5 years the
Government planned to decentralize traffic flow by activating railway
transportation service.
The deputy Transportation
Minister admitted that today railway was only at best in Java and Sumatra, but
in the next 5 years they would build railway also in Kalimantan, Sulawesi of
even Papua especially if Indonesia had strong fiscal capacity to realize the
development. The Government would also activate inter-insular sailing communication
in some cities like Jakarta, Cirebon, Semarang and Surabaya.
Previously the Ministry of
Transportation was reported to scheme up the National Transportation Strategic
Plan 2015 - 201 9 to realize the integrated multi-mode transportation concept.
The inter-mode transport system was to inter-connect various transportation
mode to accelerate traffic of goods and people actively and efficiently, such
as in the marine sector
which must be strengthened as most of Indonesia consists of the sea. (SS)
Business New - April 16, 2014
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