Minister Of PUPR: Repair Of Jalan Penyagga Area IKN Rampung December 2023

JAKARTA - Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono is targeting road repairs in the Nusantara State Capital Supporting Area (IKN), namely the Goa Batu - Tapak Raja tourist access road in North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan, to be completed in December 2023.

"This road is one of the sections handled through the Presidential Instruction (Inpres) of Regional Road Phase I, targeted for completion in December 2023," said Basuki as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, July 29.

Basuki wants to ensure that the handling of damaged regional roads in accordance with Presidential Instruction Number 3 of 2023 concerning the Acceleration of Improvement of Regional Road Connectivity has begun simultaneously throughout the archipelago at the end of July 2023.

"We want to ensure that the Regional Road Presidential Instruction in accordance with President Joko Widodo's directives must start in July 2023. I think we have started everything, including on this road section," he said.

The improvement of the Goa Batu - Tapak Raja tourist access road began to be carried out by the Center for National Road Implementation (BBPJN) East Kalimantan Directorate General (Ditjen) of Highways of the Ministry of PUPR after contracting on July 25, 2025. This road is connected to the Samboja-Sepaku National Road to the National Capital City (IKN) Nusantara with the Goa Batu Tapak Raja Tourism Destination, including the Semoi-Sepaku transmigrant settlement in Wonosari Village.

"This road is a road belonging to North Penajam Paser Regency that serves the transmigration route. So here there are many plantations, agriculture, and livestock. If the road is good, it will certainly be easy to bring plantation and agricultural products. I hope that later this area can produce and deliver easily such as eggs, chickens, and vegetables to the IKN area," said Basuki.

The 9.7 km Goa Batu-Tapak Raja Tourism Access is carried out in 2 work packages, namely Goa Batu-Tapak Raja 1 Tourism Access along 4.8 km with contractor PT Duta Mega Perkasa with a contract value of IDR 34 billion and Goa Batu-Tapak Raja 2 Tourism Access along 3.5 km with contractor PT Pesona Jaya worth IDR 33.2 billion.

In addition to access to Goa Batu-Tapak Raja 1 and 2, the handling of regional roads through Presidential Instruction No. 3 of 2023 in East Kalimantan Province is also carried out on Jalan Riko-Maridan for 6.5 km with a contract value of IDR 43 billion. The three sections are regional roads in the IKN Nusantara buffer zone.

"I don't want the core area of IKN to progress, but the regional roads around it are not maintained or not repaired. Later it can be unbalanced," said Basuki.