Minister Of Public Works Calls Ciliwung Normalization Embankment Development Continues 2026

PU Minister Dody Hanggodo DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - Minister of Public Works (PU) Dody Hanggodo revealed that his party will begin to continue the construction of the Ciliwung River normalization embankment next year.

The construction of the Ciliwung normalization embankment was carried out after the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government acquired land for residents along the riverbanks at the mapped locations.

"The 2026 Ciliwung River normalization from the Ministry of Public Works will start working, because from the arrangement of locations of all kinds, the Governor has started to finish it," said Dody at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Tuesday, September 2.

Continuing, DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung said the DKI Provincial Government had determined the location (penlok) in several areas of land to be acquired.

In total, there are 14 plots of land that need to be made penlok to be acquired. This year, as many as 4 penloks were determined to immediately start the process of paying for the land that was acquired.

"So, we have published the penlok and we have consulted with the PAN-RB Ministry and also PU. Hopefully, it will be in accordance with what we plan," explained Pramono.

The DKI Provincial Government has allocated a budget of IDR 98 billion for the land acquisition for Ciliwung normalization this year. The plan is for the DKI Provincial Government to increase the budget of IDR 83.95 billion to cover the need for land acquisition costs.

The total budget needed to acquire Ciliwung normalization land during 2025 is IDR 182.7 billion.

Currently, the bun has been built along 17 kilometers. Thus, there are about 16 kilometers of river length remaining with unsecured land for the construction of embankments.

The land acquisition for the normalization of Ciliwung is the task of the DKI Provincial Government. Meanwhile, the central government through the Ministry of Public Works is working on the construction of river embankments that have been normalized or widened.