North Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan, ABIM (25/10/2023) – The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) welcomed a delegation from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and representatives of the Yokohama City Government, Japan, to the National Capital of Nusantara (IKN), Tuesday (10/24). This event was organized in response to the interest of Singaporean investors in contributing to the growth of the Indonesian IKN and was a joint effort between the Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency (Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas) and the IKN Authority Agency.
The visit began by inspecting the “Rumah Teknologi Nusantara” then heading to the Nusantara IKN Zero Point which is a reference location for the development of various infrastructure in the Central Government Core Area (KIPP). Following this, the group proceeded to the Minister’s Official Residence and the Pandang Tower located at Jalan Sumbu Kebangsaan Barat in order to observe the advancements made in the Presidential Palace Area’s construction.
Based on data from the IKN Infrastructure Development Implementation Task Force up to 19 October 2023, physical progress for batch 1 which started in 2020 was 40 works at 55.89% and batch 2 started in March 2023 with 42 at 1.14%, so the total Overall physical work progress (82 works) was 22.16%.
Some of IKN’s basic infrastructure will primarily be completed in 2024, namely to meet the need for clean water and several road networks to improve connectivity to the IKN area. One of them is the Sepaku Semoi Dam with progress of 98.12% and initial water filling (impounding) has been carried out as well as the construction of the Duplication of the Short Span Balang Island Bridge with a target of completion in July 2024.
After conducting an inspection of the KIPP IKN Nusantara area, the JICA group and the Yokoyama City Government headed to Balikpapan City by passing through the construction of the Access Toll Road to IKN. The PUPR Ministry is currently completing the construction of a toll road from Balikpapan to the IKN Nusantara area, in order to shorten the travel time from Balikpapan to IKN Nusantara, which is currently around 2 hours. This toll road is connected to the Balikpapan-Samarinda (Balsam) toll road so that once connected, it is estimated that the travel time will only be around 30-45 minutes.
Construction of the IKN Toll Road is currently underway in 3 sections, namely Section 3A Karangjoang-KKT Kariangau along 13.4 km with progress of 26.4%, Section 3B KKT Kariangau-Simpang Tempadung along 7.3 km with progress 40.2%, and Section 5A Tempadung Intersection-Balang Island Bridge is 6.7 km long with a progress of 60.2%. These three sections are targeted for completion in mid-2024.(ABIM)
