Just Built 13 Kilometers, DKI Provincial Government Targets The Sustainability Of Beach Embankments Until 2025

Illustration of the construction of a sea wall in the Muara Baru area, North Jakarta. (Between-Galih Pradipta).

Head of the Water Resources Service, Yusmada Faizal, said that currently the progress of the construction of the coastal coastal embankment in the National Capital Integrated Coastal Development (NCICD) project has only reached 13 kllometers. Meanwhile, the construction of the embankment jointly carried out between the DKI Provincial Government and the central government is prioritized to be built along 46 kilometers. "There are critical ones, initially 46 kilometers, the critical ones have been implemented 13 kilometers, only 33 kilometers left, ” said Yusmada at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Tuesday, January 3. Yusmada explained that the remaining 33 kilometers of the embankment that functions to control tidal flooding on the coast of Jakarta will be continued, with details of 11 kilometers of work being carried out by the DKI Provincial Government, 11 kilometers of PT Pelindo II or KSOP Sunda Kelapa, and 11 kilometers by the Ministry of PUPR. Of the 11 kilometers handled by the provincial government, it is divided into four clusters. First, 3.4 kilometers of Muara Angke, 1.05 kilometers of Mutiara Beach, 2 kilometers of Sunda Kelapa and 1.7 kilometers of Blencong River. Meanwhile, the areas responsible for the Ministry of PUPR are Kamal-Dadap Beach, Cengkareng Drain, Muara Baru, Ancol Hilir, and Kalibaru. Yusmada targets the construction of the coastal embankment which is the task of the DKI Provincial Government to be completed within three years. ” This will be carried out in multiyears from three to 2023-2025,” said Yusmada. Overall, the NCICD poyek is divided into three phases, namely phases A, B, and C. Phase A includes the construction of coastal embankments, while phases B and C include the construction of a sea embankment or what is called Giant Sea Wall. The work on the coastal embankment has now begun. Meanwhile, at the leadership meeting (rapim) of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government today, Acting Governor (Pj) Heru Budi Hartono instructed his staff to finalize the development concept. "Giant Sea Wall on a recent journey from 2007 there have been changes until 2020. Well, from 2020 we will sharpen the concept again," said Heru The development of the Giant Sea Wall concept compiled by the DKI Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda) is targeted to be completed in the next three months. After the concept is finalized, Heru will hand it over to the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), before finally working together between the DKI Provincial Government and the central government. "We leave the concept to Bappenas so that the synergy related to financing will also be discussed. The concept of planning must be done immediately because after this to Bappenas, discussions will be held with the relevant ministries. Where do you think? Yes, maybe two or three months this concept is completed," explained Heru.