Good News For Papua, Ministry Of Transportation Prioritizes Building 37 Air Routes There By 2022

Director General of Air Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation Novie Riyanto (Photo: Muhammad Iqbal/Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) through the Directorate General of Civil Aviation targets to strengthen infrastructure supporting economic development and basic services with priority projects in 2022, through the construction of 37 air "bridge" routes in Papua. major project assigned to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation through the 37 route 'air bridge' program in Papua," said Director General of Civil Aviation Novie Riyanto during a hearing with Commission V of the Indonesian House of Representatives in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Wednesday, August 1.

Novie explained that the priority project is part of the Government Work Plan (RKP) for 2022 in the context of economic recovery and structural reforms. Through the construction of air routes, he said, air cargo transportation from airports and to airports in the Papua region will support each other to distribute staple goods. He hopes that the problem of basic material prices, especially in underdeveloped, remote, outermost and border areas can be resolved. Novie added that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in 2022 will get a budget ceiling of Rp7.03 trillion. The details are as follows; personnel expenditure Rp872 billion, operational goods expenditure Rp751 billion, PNBP Rp680 billion, BLU Rp305 billion, SBSN Rp2 trillion, PHLN Rp142 billion, non-operational expenditure on goods and capital Rp2.27 trillion. and the construction of the established connectivity infrastructure," he concluded.