Beautification Of The IKN Balang Island Bridge Is Being Chased By A Village Before August 2024

Balang Island Bridge at IKN. Photo: Doc. PUPR

JAKARTA - Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono asked for the beautification work of the Balang Island Bridge in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN) to be completed before August 2024.

"I ask that the painting of the bridge and the lighting be completed before August," Basuki said while inspecting the Balang Island Bridge in the IKN area as quoted from his written statement, Wednesday, June 5.

On this occasion, Basuki also reviewed the construction of the IKN Nusantara Toll Road which is the access to the Central Government Core Area (KIPP).

The plan is that the IKN Toll Road will be connected to the Balikpapan-Samarinda (Balsam) toll road, precisely at KM 8-Kariangau. So, later there will be no need to pass the Balsam Toll Road until KM 33. Then, go to Sepaku and enter IKN Nusantara which takes approximately 2 hours.

"This toll road network is expected to be functional before the August 17, 2024 ceremony at IKN Nusantara," he said.

For your information, the construction of the IKN Nusantara Toll Road which is currently running consists of three sections, namely the 3.4 km Karang Joang-KKT Kariangau Toll Road with progress reaching 77.59 percent, the 3.7 km KKT KKT Kariangau-Midang Tempadung Toll Road with a progress of 86.09 percent and the 5A Simpang Tempadung-Bridge Toll Road with a length of 6.7 km with a progress of 83.62 percent.

To increase connectivity to IKN, the Ministry of PUPR has also built a duplication of the Short-Span Balang Island Bridge about 500 meters from the long-span Balang Island Bridge. This bridge has been built since January 2024 side by side with the old 512-meter (m) bridge whose progress has reached 79.87 percent.

The duplication of the short span Balang Island Bridge has 4 pillars in the sea zone and 4 pillars in the land zone. The construction of the bridge is financed by the 2023-2024 multi-year State Budget worth IDR 498 billion.

The duplication of the short-span Balang Island bridge is important to complete the old short-span island bridge as well as connect the long-span Balang Island Bridge which has been completed.