PUPR Targets 47 ASN Residential Towers At IKN Nusantara To Start Construction In July 2023

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) is targeting the construction of 47 residential towers for the State Civil Apparatus (ASN) starting in July 2023. "This is currently in the tender process, and we hope that it can start (the construction) around July 2023 if the process is smooth," said the PUPR Ministry through the Chairperson of the IKN Infrastructure Development Task Force Danis Hidayat Sumadilaga, Friday, May 12, was confiscated by Antara. Danis explained that the construction of ASN housing in IKN uses the APBN scheme and there are also those with the Government Cooperation with Business Entity (KPBU) scheme. "For ASN housing with the KPBU scheme being processed at the IKN Authority (OIKN). As for the PUPR Ministry, it is more about the execution of IKN infrastructure development that uses APBN funds," he said. The construction of ASN in IKN by using the APBN is prepared as many as 47 towers with a value of around Rp9.4 trillion. On the same occasion, Danis also conveyed the concept of transit-oriented development or TOD that has been included in the IKN city design. "The principle in IKN is that there are modes of roads, modes of vehicles and rail modes, at one point there is a TOD mode so that we can move. We can put this into the design of a city or urban design," he said. The IKN Infrastructure Development Task Force currently focuses first on the development of basic infrastructure such as the state palace, ministry offices, clean water infrastructure, roads, and so on until next year.

Nevertheless, the TOD concept must have been implemented in line with the development of IKN Nusantara until 2045. The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) said it wanted to accelerate the construction of flats for residential employees of the IKN Nusantara core area in Sepaku District, North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan. The residential flat is adjusted to the ASN level, the higher the ASN status the residential flat will be wider and the smallest the area of the ASN residential flat unit is around 98 square meters. Flats for ASN housing, apartment-classes with 47 towers and each tower is averaged 12 floors. Construction of residential flats for government employees according to the concept of the city managing and maintaining the forest ecosystem, he continued, so flats are built not much to cut forests. In addition to 31 towers for ASN housing, nine towers for Paspampres, four towers for the TNI/Polri and the State Intelligence Agency or BIN three towers.