The Minister Of Transportation Ensures That The KCJB Development Guard Government Is Complete In Time

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi (right) while reviewing the Jakarta Bandung High Speed Train (KCJB) project at Tegalluar Station, Bandung Regency. (photo: dock. inter)

BANDUNG - Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi ensured that the government would continue to oversee the completion of the Jakarta Bandung High Speed Rail (KCJB) project. "Mr. Luhut (Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan/Menkomarves), Mr. Erick (Erick Thohir/Minister of BUMN), and I was assigned by the President to oversee this project. This train is expected to increase the competitiveness of our nation," said the Minister of Transportation while reviewing the KCJB project at Tegalluar Station, Bandung Regency, West Java, Saturday, January 28, as quoted by Antara from its official statement. Currently, construction progress has reached around 84 percent or leaves about 16 percent of the work that must be completed.PT Fast Indonesia China (KCIC) and PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) are targeting the KCJB construction project to be completed in June 2023 and are expected to be able to operate commercially in July 2023. The Minister of Transportation also said that the construction of public transportation infrastructure projects such as KCJB is needed to overcome various problems, one of which is a problem of congestion. "We know that the 'cost' of the bottleneck is trillions. Therefore, Mr. President Jokowi challenged us to build MRT, LRT, fast trains, and other public transportation, which is expected to reduce the losses caused by congestion," he said. He explained that Indonesia became the first Southeast Asian country to have a high-speed fast train of up to 360 km/hour. In addition, he said, the high-tech train was also built with high technology so that it could improve the capabilities and enhance the HR experience in the railway sector.

"The construction of high-tech MRT, LRT, and high-speed trains can be a laboratory for the nation's children to learn. In European countries, Japan, and others, it is common to build. Therefore, we must do something new so that we have experience and can build better public transportation infrastructure in the future," said the Minister of Transportation., the upper flow electricity system, and the preparation of intermodal access and integration to make it easier for the public to access it.