Erick Thohir Pasang Taget Proyek Bakauheni Harbor City Rampung Pada Maret 2023

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JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir targets the Bakauheni Harbor City project to be completed in March.

The construction of this new tourist destination in Lampung is still ongoing.

"We in BUMN do not remain silent. We are now building Bakauheni Harbor City, a new tourist area in Lampung and God willing, March (2023) will be finished," he said, at the opening ceremony of the Garuda Travel Fair 2022, at ICE BSD, Tangerang Regency, Friday, October 28.

Furthermore, Erick revealed, later in Bakauheni Harbor City there will be a playground. The goal is to attract tourists to make more people come.

In addition, he continued, there are also other supporting facilities such as lodging.

"Later there will be a playground like East Java (East Java) Park, the name is Krakatau Park that we built. There is also a hotel building there," he said.

Not only in Lampung, said Erick, his party will use the river in Riau as part of regional tourism. SOEs also build hotels, ports and airports in Labuan Bajo.

For your information, PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) is accelerating the construction of the Bakauheni Harbor City (BHC) project, especially the Bakauheni Grand Mosque which is targeted for completion by the end of November 2022.

Currently, the construction of the mosque has reached the interior work stage.

The development of the Bakauheni Harbor City integrated area is divided into three stages.

Phase I, period 2022-2025, is divided into Phase IA with a development area of 41.9 hectares (ha).

At this stage, BHC focuses on development which is a priority for national strategic projects (PSN).

Such as the development of the main function of supporting port activists, namely the construction of theme parks, hotels, commercial MSMEs and tourism polytechnics.

Phase IB in the period 2026-2030, covers an area outside 22.8 ha.

This stage is a continuation of the development of the PSN priority area with a focus in the form of hotel development in District 3 and supporting commercial.

Then, Phase II for the period 2031-2040 covering an area of 64 ha. The focus of development at this stage is the improvement of Bakauheni Harbor City's services as an independent city.

Phase II development is being carried out in District 2 and District 3 with the aim of expanding Bakauheni Harbor City services as an integrated port city area.

The final stage or Phase III in the period 2041-2061 with an area of 31.2 ha as sustainability and diversification of development.

At this stage, the focus of development is on providing diversity and development that has been carried out with hotel, chodotel/viratel options and tourist attractions.