Jokowi Calls Transportation Infrastructure To Increase IKN Traffic

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is optimistic that the infrastructure to support the transportation of the City of Nusantara which is currently being built will increase vehicle traffic or movement to the capital city of Indonesia's future country.

The transportation infrastructure facility that is currently being built can increase traffic in the city of Nusantara, Jokowi explained in Penajam, Thursday, so that the capital city of Indonesia will be more crowded.

The infrastructure supporting Nusantara City transportation is Naratetama Airport and the toll road which is currently under construction.

This statement was conveyed when laying the first stone indicating the start of a number of new phase five physical developments in the capital city of Indonesia's new state in Sepaku District, North Penajam Paser Regency.

"We are optimistic that the city of Nusantara will live not only in government, but in all sectors," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, February 29.

The construction of Naratetama Airport and toll roads can cut travel time to Nusantara City, he continued, between 45 and 15 minutes of travel time.

If via the City of Balikpapan with the toll road distance from two hours was cut to 45 minutes of travel time to the City of Nusantara, according to him again, initially it was planned that in 30 minutes there would be turns so that it could only be 45 minutes.

Then the existence of the Naratetama Air Badar which is currently being built in the North Penajam Paser Regency area can also cut the distance to the city of Nusantara.

"With the difficulty of building Naratetama Airport, the distance to the central government (KIPP) core area (KIPP) is only 15 minutes for the city of Indonesia's new country," said President Jokowi.

The construction of Naratetama Airport is regulated in Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 31 of 2023.

The regulation regulates the acceleration of the construction and operation of Naratetama Airport which is carried out for the development of flight infrastructure and the residents of the Nusantara City connectivity.