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Government to continue projects removed from strategic list
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KPPIP head Wahyu Utomo (center), accompanied by KPPIP water and sanitation director Henry Toruan (left) and KPPIP program director Rainier Haryanto, speak at a press conference at the Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister in Jakarta on April 19. (JP/Anton Hermansyah)
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he Committee for Acceleration of Priority Infrastructure Delivery (KPPIP) said relevant ministers may continue the 14 projects that had been delisted from the National Strategic Projects (PSN).
"The relevant ministries are committed to continuing the projects although they are no longer included on the PSN list,” said KPPIP chairman Wahyu Utomo at the Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister in Jakarta on Thursday.
The government slashed on Monday the number of PSN projects from 245 to 222 as 10 projects had been completed in 2017, while 14 projects were removed from the list because the relevant ministries had failed to guarantee that the projects could be completed in the third quarter of 2019.
Wahyu said the 14 projects faced technical problems such as incomplete land acquisition and feasibility studies, making the committee doubt that those projects could start construction in the third quarter of next year, the end of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo five-year term.
"For example, the Waru-Wonokromo-Tanjung Perak toll road in East Java did not get support from the local administrations. Even the feasibility study has not been completed," he said.
Meanwhile, the special economic zone (SEZ) in Merauke, Papua had land procurement issues. “The relevant ministries will find other ways to finish the projects,” he said, adding that for Merauke SEZ, the ministers might use the government regulation on SEZ to help complete the project. (bbn)
