Bali LRT Development Plan: from Route to Collaboration with DKI Jakarta Government

YOGYAKARTA – The Bali Provincial Government wants to build a light rail transit (LRT) train to meet their public transportation needs. Apart from that, the construction of the Bali LRT will shorten travel time to and from Ngurah Rai Airport.

Bali LRT Development Plan

Regarding this plan, there are several interesting things to pay attention to, below VOI summarizes it for you.

1. Bali LRT Route Plan

Plans to build the Bali LRT continue to roll out. Currently, the project is still in the pre-feasibility study stage. This study contains the construction of an LRT route from Ngurah Rai Airport to Seminyak with a length of 9.46 km.

Based on the results of the study, the Bali LRT project will be divided into two phases, namely Phase 1-A for the Airport - Central Park Station route with a length of 5.3 KM and Phase 1-B with the Central Park Station - Seminyak route with a length of 4.16 km. The second phase is also being studied, namely the Seminyak-Mengwitani route.

2. You cannot destroy the temple

In LRT construction, there are many rules that must not be violated, one of which is the prohibition on building tall buildings. Apart from that, it is also prohibited to move the temple. Due to these conditions, one of the solutions offered in the construction of the LRT is to build it underground.

"In Bali there is a big problem, buildings cannot be taller than coconut trees, they cannot go up. If you want to widen the roads there are lots of temples. So how do you do it? You have to go down, the only way," said Deputy for Facilities and Infrastructure at Bappenas Ervan Maksum, quoted September 25, 2023.

3. Requires expensive costs

LRT built underground costs up to 3 times more than building LRT parallel to the road or elevated LRT. Ervan said that the construction of the 4.9 kilometer underground LRT line would cost IDR 5 trillion.

"Well, if you go down, it can be 3 times the price if you go up. For example, from Ngurah Rai Airport to Kuta it's IDR 5 trillion, even though it's not 4.9 kilometers, sir. Because going down is very expensive," said Ervan.

The initial stage of the Bali LRT line itself is planned to be built along 5.3 kilometers by connecting Ngurah Rai Airport to Kuta Central Park then on to Seminyak. Meanwhile, the investment required is 592.28 million US dollars or approximately IDR 9.10 trillion (exchange rate IDR 15,370).

4. Collaboration with the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government

Previously, the Bali Provincial Government and the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government had signed a collaboration. Regarding this matter, Bali Governor I Wayan Koster explained that he wanted to ask for input from the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono and his staff regarding the construction of the LRT in Bali.

"We need advice from the Governor of DKI, the experience that has been running in DKI Jakarta in organizing public transportation, especially rail-based, to be contributed to Bali, because Bali needs services both for domestic and domestic purposes," said Koster at DKI Jakarta City Hall, quoted Monday, September 25.

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