President Jokowi Face Obstacles Weight Build Infrastructure

JAKARTA, [IFN] --- The administration of President Joko Widodo desire to boost infrastructure development in the era of government has many obstacles.

For the development of the railway infrastructure alone, for example, based on the identification of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) there is a classic problem that is estimated to overshadow the infrastructure development, namely land acquisition.

Bambang Prihartono, Director of Transport from Bappenas said that the land acquisition bottleneck is caused by several factors. First, the attitude of officials in local government.

Bambang said, there are many forces in the area which would total in the process of land acquisition for infrastructure development. "Despite the existing legal framework, in the form of regulation Land Acquisition, if officers are not the same way," he said Thursday, March 26.

Second, barriers land status. Bambang said, barriers related to land status is likely to be faced in the construction of Trans-Borneo railway network.

Most of the land to be acquired for the construction of the railway line is located in a protected forest area.

Bambang said, to overcome this problem, Bappenas is currently coordinating with the Ministry of Environment and Forests. "Yesterday the Minister is prepared to help," he said.

In addition to the problem of land, Bambang said, the Outer rail project to be built by the government is also constrained by a long preparation time. For 2015 alone, for example, Bambang said, the time will be spent on the preparation of the master plan and design the project. Meanwhile, construction menargetkkan government, could begin to be implemented 2016.


Adrinof Chaniago, Minister of National Development Planning / Head of Bappenas meanwhile ask the public to be patient. According to him, the development of infrastructure, from preparation to completion of construction and even take a long time.

For the construction of electricity infrastructure, according to the calculation takes up to three years to get it done.
"Physical tangible results that awaited it one year and two years, for rencanan feasibility studies, tender, construction it takes time," said Adrinof