The Ministry Of PUPR Proposes A Budget Of IDR 15 Trillion To Repair Regional Roads

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The Directorate General of Highways of the Ministry of PUPR has proposed a budget of IDR 15 trillion for the handling of regional roads to the State General Treasurer (BUN).

Director General of Highways of the Ministry of PUPR Hedy Rahadian said the budget was a follow-up to Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 3 of 2023 concerning accelerating regional connectivity.

Hedy said that committed activities amounted to Rp1.54 trillion to fulfill the Multi Years Contract (MYC) package which had been running in 2023, while the rest was to meet the needs of the 2024 IJD proposal of Rp13.5 trillion.

"The 2024 Regional Road Instruction (IJD) of IDR 1.5 trillion has been allocated in regular, so what we hope from BUN is IDR 13.5 trillion," Hedy said in a Hearing Meeting (RDP) with Commission V DPR RI in Jakarta, Wednesday, September 6.

Hedy said preparations for the issuance of the priority project list (DPP) could now begin. So, it is hoped that the procurement process can be carried out directly in early 2024.

"We will propose this immediately in the current fiscal year through BA BUN. However, we want the implementation of the IJD next year not to be too tight like this year, so that now we have prepared a list of priority projects," he said.

Furthermore, Hedy said, his party had detailed several locations for IJD activities that were currently included in the DPP of the Ministry of PUPR, namely the construction of Sirombbu-Afulu roads and bridges, Nias Island, North Sumatra, and the Reconstruction of Jalan Mirit-Tambakmulyo in Central Java.

Next, there is the construction of the Syamsudin Noor International Airport Access Road in South Kalimantan, the Improvement of the Kenyamukan Port Access Road in East Kalimantan, and the Advanced Samota Canal Access Development in West Nusa Tenggara.

"In addition, there is the construction of the Aboru-Haruku road in Maluku, the construction of the Torea-Mumere road in West Papua, and finally the construction of the Bian Bridge in Papua," concluded Hedy.