The Government Asked To Helpclockers To Develop IKN Development

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JAKARTA - The Central Government is expected to help North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan, through the allocation of special funds to balance development in the new Indonesian capital city or IKN area called Nusantara.

"The district government hopes that there will be a special allocation of funds to support infrastructure development from the central government," said a member of Commission III of the North Penajam Paser Regency DPRD, Jon Kenedi in Penajam, Friday, October 14. He continued to provide special fund allocation assistance for the central government, so that North Penajam Paser Regency can keep up with the construction that will be carried out in the IKN Nusantara area which is currently being designed. The North Penajam Paser Regency Government has submitted budget assistance to the central government of approximately IDR 700 billion for road access development to the new Indonesian IKN.Legislative (DPRD) together with the North Penajam Paser Regency executive (government) is still waiting for the central government's decision regarding the proposed infrastructure development budget. The proposal for assistance in access development funds to IKN Nusantara has been submitted to the Ministry of National Development Planning of the Republic of Indonesia/National Development Planning Agency/Bappenas.

"We are still waiting for the central decision regarding the proposed assistance, whether the form of the allocation of special funds or not," he said. with the special funds, development in North Penajam Paser Regency as a buffer for the nation's capital is not far behind with the construction of the Nusantara IKN. there are a number of road infrastructure constructions in North Penajam Paser Regency that have not been completed, including coastal roads (coastal roads) in Penajam District.

Then the road from the Buluminung Industrial Estate (KIB) in Buluminung Village to the Balang Island Bridge in the Lango Beach Village area. Requests for financial assistance to central orders are quite reasonable because the district budget is very limited, Jon Kenedi explained, so it is not able to balance the construction of a new Indonesian IKN called Nusantara.