Jakarta, ABIM (20/7/2023) – Until 2022, the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) has completed 34 infrastructure National Strategic Projects (PSN) across Indonesia, as specified in the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Number 21 of 2022. It is targeted that 24 PSNs and the development of industrial estates in the construction phase will be finished by 2023, increasing the nation’s competitiveness and boosting national and regional economic growth for sustainable social welfare.
“In addition to increasing the distribution of development and reducing disparities between regions, this infrastructure development is also to boost the economy and create jobs, as well as increase the nation’s competitiveness,” PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said.
In the target of the PSN program which will be achieved in 2023, the Ministry of PUPR is completing 15 dams to support national water availability and food security and the other PSN targeted for completion are 5 toll roads. Then the construction of Halim Perdana Kusuma Air Base Flats and the Self-Help Housing Stimulant Assistance (BSPS) program to support the Asean Summit events in Tana Mori and Labuan Bajo as well as infrastructure support for the development of the Batang Integrated Industrial Estate (KIT) in Central Java.
Furthermore, in 2024, the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing is targeting to complete 23 PSN infrastructures covering 10 dams in the Water Resources sector. The other PSNs in the natural resources sector which are in the process of completion until 2024 are the construction of 6 irrigation networks. Then also completed the construction of connectivity infrastructure, namely 5 toll roads.
Finally, the Jatiluhur I Regional Drinking Water Supply System (SPAM) was completed by the PUPR Ministry. This SPAM uses raw water from the Jatiluhur Dam in West Java Province to reduce the usage of groundwater to counteract land subsidence, particularly in Jakarta. The Jatiluhur I Regional SPAM is expected to have a capacity of 5,000 liters per second and will serve 380,000 house connections (SR), or the equivalent of 1.9 million people, in DKI Jakarta, Bekasi City, Bekasi Regency, and Karawang.(ABIM)
