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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Ministry of Public Works and Housing (PUPR) will gradually complete the construction of the unfinished Trans Papua Road corridor; Jayapura-Oksibil Corridor for the Keerom-Batom Section.

"Roads that have not yet penetrated Trans Papua include the Jayapura-Oksibil Corridor, the 183-kilometer (km) Keerom-Batom Section which will be completed in stages until 2024," said PUPR Ministry Spokesman, Endra S. Atmawidjaja, when contacted at Jakarta, Tuesday, July 19 quoted from Antara.

He mentioned that the priority for Trans Papua development until 2024 is the completion of the Jayapura-Wamena section as a regional logistics corridor in the mountains, and the Manokwari-Mameh-Windesi-Kampung Muri-Kwatisore-Papuan Boundary Corridor.

The Trans Papua Road project, which has a length of 3,462 km, still leaves 183 km that has not been penetrated. As long as 1,647 km are already in paved condition, namely 977 km in Papua, and 670 km in West Papua.

In addition to the Trans Papua Road, in 2022, Endra explained that the PUPR Ministry is also working on several infrastructure projects in Papua Province, namely the Yetekun Cross-Border Post (PLBN), Yetekun Access Road, Rehabilitation of 235 Educational Infrastructure units, Papua Youth Creative Hub, Merauke Diocese Building, and the Asmat Bridge.

Then, for the infrastructure that is being worked on in West Papua Province, namely the handling of Slums in Sorong City, the construction of the Tumburuni Market in Fak Fak Regency, the rehabilitation of 221 units of Educational Infrastructure and Raw Water Infrastructure in the SEZ Sorong and Bomberay Irrigation in Fak Fak Regency. In addition, the Ministry of PUPR has also built 29 bridges on the Merauke–Sorong section, Teluk Wondama Regency, West Papua to open up regional isolation and improve connectivity between regencies and cities in West Papua.


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