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Bali's tallest broadcasting tower opens to public

Officials claimed that the new tower would be on-par with other famous towers across the globe such as the Tokyo Tower, Macau Tower and even the Eiffel tower.

Ni Komang Erviani (The Jakarta Post)
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Mon, December 30, 2024

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Bali's tallest broadcasting tower opens to public The Turyapada Tower in Buleleng regency, Bali was launched by the Bali administration on Dec. 28, 2024. The 115-meter-tall broadcasting and observation tower is expected to become a new iconic landmark in the northern part of the popular holiday island. (PT Hutama Karya (Persero)/PT Hutama Karya (Persero))

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he Bali administration launched on Friday the Turyapada Tower, a 115-meter-tall broadcasting and observation tower which is expected to be a new iconic landmark in the northern part of the popular holiday island.

The tower is located on top of a 1,521-meter hill at the Pegayaman village in Buleleng regency, which is known as the oldest Muslim village in Hindu majority Bali.

The tower will be the second highest man-made structure on the island, behind the 121-meter-tall Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue in Badung regency, which was launched in 2018.

Tall structures are extremely rare on the island after the Bali administration issued a building code in the 1970s setting the maximum height of buildings on the island at 15 meters -- which is roughly the height of a mature coconut tree -- for cultural and environmental reasons.

The Bali administration allocated approximately Rp 330 billion (US$20.4 million) for the tower's construction, which began in 2022 by the state-owned construction company PT Hutama Karya. 

Originally slated for completion in August last year, the project was delayed because of various factors including poor weather conditions and financial challenges.

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Once fully operational, the Turyapada tower will provide TV, internet, cell phone and radio signals that can cover 80 percent of Buleleng regency along with the nearby Jembrana and Karangasem regencies.

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