Jakarta Needs IDR 600 Trillion To Become A Global City, DKI Provincial Government Asked To Focus First On Flood Control And Traffic Jams

Illustration of congestion on the Jakarta (ANTARA) road section

JAKARTA - City planning observer from Trisakti University, Nirwono Joga suggested that the DKI Provincial Government prioritize the resolution of classic problems such as floods to traffic jams before arranging Jakarta into a global city that requires large costs.

This is in response to the statement of the DKI Jakarta Regional Secretary Joko Agus Setyono who said that Jakarta needed a budget of up to Rp600 trillion to build Jakarta as a global city after the move of the capital city.

"What is needed is the focus of using the APBD which is right on target according to the city's target. The DKI Jakarta APBD is focused first on 2, namely the flood control program and the provision of clean water, as well as programs to overcome traffic jams and reduce air pollution in the next 5 years," Nirwono told reporters, Thursday, July 11.

Nirwono emphasized that the nominal DKI Jakarta APBD is the largest in all provinces and cities in Indonesia. Meanwhile, the area is also not too wide compared to other provinces.

Thus, the DKI Provincial Government should have been able to clearly compile the APBD allocation for flood control and traffic congestion in the government's work plan and the regional medium-term development plan (RPJMD) for 2025-2929.

After that, the DKI Provincial Government was able to develop various programs related to fulfilling the global city index.

"The coverage includes programs to improve business activities, improve the quality of human resources, information exchange programs, cultural learning programs, to political interaction programs," said Nirwono.

The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has calculated the costs needed in Jakarta to increase development into a global city after the move of the capital city to Nusantara, East Kalimantan.

DKI Jakarta Regional Secretary Joko Agus Setyono revealed that Jakarta needs a budget of up to Rp600 trillion to be able to compete with other global cities in the world.

This was revealed by Joko in the socialization of Law Number 2 of 2024 concerning the Provincial Government of the Special Region of Jakarta (DKJ).

"There are several things that we think that Jakarta is required to become a global city, of course it requires a fairly large budget. The DKI Jakarta Regional Development Planning Agency has calculated or calculated that our real need to be equal to other global cities in the world requires a budget of around Rp600 trillion," said Joko at the Aryaduta Hotel, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, July 9.

Joko explained that the DKI Jakarta regional revenue and expenditure budget (APBD) is around IDR 80 trillion to IDR 84 trillion every year. Meanwhile, the budget posture has been divided.

Some of these employee spending reached 34 percent, spending on social assistance was almost 30 percent, and capital expenditures were around 19 percent of the total APBD. If you rely on the APBD, the need for development in Jakarta as a world-class global city will take a long time.

"The gap between the needs between the budget of Rp600 trillion we support and the current capital expenditure budget of only about 19 percent is still far from what we have to prepare," said Joko.

Therefore, Joko said that the DKI Provincial Government continues to coordinate with the DKI Jakarta DPRD as the legislature to increase regional income in order to accelerate development.

"The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government, which always synergizes with the DKI JKT DPRD, is trying to make budget efficiency in every sector so that the dream of becoming a global city can be realized," he explained.