Repair Of Bekasi Regency Roads Needs IDR 40 Trillion, Regency Government Requests Central Budget Support

Road conditions in Cibatu, South Cikarang, Bekasi Regency on Sunday (9/7/2023) which had been damaged for months. (Between/Pradita Kurniawan Syah)

In view of regional title, the largest industrial estate owners in Southeast Asia to the highest contributor to state revenues from the industrial tax sector, it does not guarantee that infrastructure development in Bekasi Regency runs optimally.

Occupied by 7,339 companies with 11 large industrial areas, the realization of infrastructure development in the region is still far behind the bustle of production machines. This difference is even more felt when motorists cross a number of districts that are not as smooth as industrial roads.

This condition has been going on for decades and a number of regional heads who have served have not been able to solve this basic problem. In fact, it even adds to the long list of homework that must be completed by the next leader.

On the other hand, the Government's infrastructure development acceleration program has now touched most parts of Indonesia, including national strategic projects that cross Bekasi Regency, as the main economic route for the eastern corridor of Jakarta or the buffer zone for the capital city of Jakarta.

Namun kenapa daerah tujuan prima donna pencari pekerja di Indonesia itu masih meninggalkan permasalahan paling dasar yang menjadi kebutuhan utama masyarakat? Persoalan serupa pernah dialami Provinsi Lampung beberapa waktu lalu hingga kebicara di duniat media sosial.

Quoted from Antara, the Acting Regent of Bekasi Dani Ramdan revealed that a budget of IDR 40 trillion is needed to be able to realize the overall development in 2024 based on around 8,000 public proposals through a development planning deliberation forum.

Meanwhile, the financing posture, which is sourced from the regional revenue and expenditure budget, will certainly not be able to finance the entire burden of infrastructure development based on public proposals considering the limited regional financial capacity which is only around Rp. 6-7 trillion per year.

The local government also racked its brains to meet basic needs that have implications for the welfare of the community by placing the infrastructure sector as one of the priority programs.

A number of options are sought starting from the implementation of the development acceleration program, optimizing the addition of regional income, also encouraging the contribution of the business world. Including the application for assistance to the West Java Provincial Government and the Central Government, although it has not yet been realized.