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Key infrastructure projects on schedule in 2019 despite political heat
The Committee for the Acceleration of Priority Infrastructure Delivery (KPPIP) recently published data showing that at least 30 national strategic projects (PSN) with a total value of Rp 165.3 trillion were completed – and ran smoothly – in 2019.
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Cisumdawu toll road. (Public Works and Public Housing Ministry/Public Works and Public Housing Ministry)
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lthough a number of infrastructure projects were delayed as investors worried that the presidential and legislative elections in April would cause political instability, many key infrastructure projects were completed on time.
The Committee for the Acceleration of Priority Infrastructure Delivery (KPPIP) recently published data showing that at least 30 national strategic projects (PSN) with a total value of Rp 165.3 trillion were completed – and ran smoothly – in 2019.
The 30 completed PSN projects consisted of four airports, four water reservoirs, nine roads (toll roads and national roads), six special economic zone (SEZ), two train projects, one seaport, two smelters and two technology-related projects, said Wahyu Utomo, the head of KPPIP’s implementation team, on Dec. 26.
The road projects included the 140.9-kilometer Bakauheni to Terbanggi Besar toll road and the 100-km Terbanggi Besar to Pematang Panggang toll road, which are part of the Trans-Sumatra network.
Other major completed toll roads include the 36.4 Jakarta to Cikampek II elevated toll road and the 231.84 km Morotai Ring Road. Non-road projects include the Kertajati Airport, Syamsuddin Noor Airport, Tjilik Riwut Airport, Palapa Ring Broadband project and the Bitung and Morotai SEZ development.
Wahyu said that with the completion of these projects in 2019, the government had finished 92 national strategic projects out of the 223 projects undertaken between 2016 and 2019.
Wahyu said many infrastructure projects were hampered by overlapping regulations, which made permits for infrastructure development difficult to obtain.
