PUPR: Measurement Of Line Two Development Land In Central Lombok Completed

Head of PUPR Office Central Lombok Regency, NTB Lalu Rahadian Province (ANTARA/Akhyar Rosidi)

CENTRAL LOMBOK - Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Office of Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province stated that the measurement of land needs for the construction of lane two from Praya to Kopang has been completed.

"The measurement of the land needs for the plan to build a route of two from Praya-Kopang has been completed," said Head of the PUPR Office of Central Lombok Regency Lalu Rahadian in Central Lombok, Antara, Thursday, October 10.

He said the results of the measurement of the land needs for the plan to build the second route were used for the basis of calculating budget needs, both for land acquisition and budget for development.

"We calculate what is released and how much money is needed. The length of the road is about 12 kilometers," he said.

After this process is completed, the next stage is proposing the construction and after it is approved, work will be carried out.

"The plan for when it will start to be built is not certain, because we are just starting planning," he said.

He said the road construction budget was proposed to the Ministry of PUPR, because it was a national road. Meanwhile, land acquisition funds are planned to be budgeted in the APBD, gradually.

"But, hopefully, all the funds for road construction can be allocated by the central government, that's our hope," he said.

He said the construction of the second route is expected to support the economic growth of the people of Central Lombok.

In addition, to accelerate access to traffic flow from East Lombok and Sumbawa Island to Lombok Airport and the Mandalika Special Economic Zone (KEK).

"This road increase is to increase the economic movement of people in Central Lombok," he said.