Support The Acceleration Of Central Sulawesi Morowali Industrial Estates, This Is An Effort Made By The Ministry Of PUPR

Morowali Industrial Estate in Central Sulawesi. (Photo: Doc. Ministry of PUPR)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) has accelerated infrastructure development in several priority industrial areas.

One of them is the Morowali industrial area located in Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi.

The Morowali industrial area is also one of the National Strategic Projects (PSN) based on the Decree of Permenko Number 9 of 2022.

Head of the Regional Infrastructure Development Agency of the Ministry of PUPR Yudha Mediawan said BPIW had issued Decree Number 18/KPTS/KW/2023 dated April 18, 2023, regarding the preparation of a master plan for regional development studies to support the acceleration of infrastructure development for five strategic industrial areas.

"The preparation of Urban Infrastructure Development Plans to support five strategic industrial areas is the direction of the Minister of PUPR. The locus is directed to become a master plan, namely Weda Bay, Sorowako, Morowali, Konawe, and Tanjung Selor," Yudha said in a press release, Tuesday, June 20.

Yudha said the master plan would also support the road handling program through the Presidential Instruction for the Acceleration of Connectivity Improvement from the Directorate General of Highways.

The Morowali industrial area itself is located in Bahodopi District, Morowali Regency, with a target of developing Phase I covering an area of 4,000 Ha managed by PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP).

The Morowali industrial area has a major potential industrial area in the form of ferronicles, stainles steel, and downstream products.

In the 2020-2023 fiscal year (TA), the Ministry of PUPR has carried out the construction of several infrastructures, such as the revitalization of drainage through a labor-intensive scheme on the Bungku-Bahodopi-Batas Sultra (2020) road section, then the widening of the Bahodopi-Batas Sultra road (2021-2022), and the preservation of the Bungku-Bahodopi-Batas Sultra (2020-2023) road with a total investment of IDR 135.8 billion.

Based on the results of a survey conducted by BPIW, there are several strategic issues and problems that exist in the Morowali industrial area, such as the lack of structuring and the environment, the use of land in industrial areas throughout the industrial area which is dominated by the permu of industrial estates and workers' housing that are spread randomly, flooding in industrial areas throughout industrial areas. industrial areas, congestion on national roads during working hours, as well as accumulation of garbage on the shoulders of national roads and roads in the permu area of industrial areas.

In addition, the development of several other smelters and IUPs in wider areas will have an impact on the quality of the environment and the function of connectivity infrastructure.

Therefore, the Ministry of PUPR has followed up on the matter by formulating an activity plan that will be carried out at the 2024 FY.

The activity plan to be carried out at the 2024 FY includes an increase in the capacity of the 10 km Bungku-Bahodopi-Batas Southeast Sulawesi road, a restoration of slum industrial areas in industrial areas of the 20 Ha Morowali industrial area, and a waste management system on a scale of 20 Ha Bahodopi TPA development.

"The total investment is IDR 122 billion," said Yudha.

The Ministry of PUPR is also preparing for reacity criteria from several other supporting infrastructures for the Morowali industrial area, which are divided into industrial areas starting at FY 2025 and beyond.

"The PUPR Ministry will also prepare an increase in raw water networks, widening the Bahonsuai-Bungku road, construction of SPAM Kab. Morowali, a centralized domestic waste water treatment system based on the industrial estate scale in Morowali Regency, a waste processing system on the scale of the Regency. Morowali, the BSPS program, and the provision of habitable housing access," concluded Yudha.