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Serangan – Tanjung Benoa Highway project by Chinese and Korean investor gets bump by a crucial problem. Bridge development that is planned will across Badung strait in its construction needs to build the body of the road which precisely will be built at Tanjung Benoa area. But there is still land liberation problem stopped them from progress.

The outcome from consultation session between Commission III DPRD Bali lead by Putu Agus Suradnyana with Public Labor Ministry make sure the development of Serangan – Tanjung Benoa highway will entering 2010 Bappenas’ priority program. That bridge establishment is estimated will spend Rp 1 billion of funds by the central government is decided will be taken from foreign loans. The current problem now is in the hand of Bali Provincial Government. Is the government could and ready for the land liberation at Tanjung Benoa as an area to make the body of the road.

Moreover, besides Serangan highway, there are several 2010 priorities want to conduct such as emerge road of Tanah Lot-Soka, Bypass Mengwi-Singaraja, Beringkit-Gianyar. The establishment of this infrastructure is an idea that had been long suggested. It merely delivered back in yesterday meeting.

The member of commission III DPRD Bali Ida Bagus Udiyana confirmed about the result of that meeting admitted that the central government left only with cooperation agreement with the investors. It is in term of MoU. Latter, this highway bridge will be programmed with load fund. According to him, the explanation of Sekjen PU, Muhammad Irwan to the group of Commssion III led by Agus Suradnyana in that consultation on Thursday, November 27th is clarified the establishment of that bridge in 2010.

“Exactly in 2010 there was a decision to conduct pre implementation. It means that the central government had prepared the loan fund. Now it depends on Bali itself. “Since land liberation is needed in making the body of the road,” said Uiyana. Before, the head of Commission III DPRD Bali, Putu Agus Suradnyana separately mention that Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika should be brave in taking lobby steps against the central to build Bali infrastructure. Bali economy can increase through well infrastructure establishment. His party optimist that precisely the economic development in Bali can growth fast if the infrastructure support establishment is constructed seriously. One of them also can solve traffic jam in South Bali that is from Simpang Siur to Nusa Dua.

According to the land liberation, Bali provincial government exactly didn’t inserted it in their 2010 expense. That land liberation is between people in Badung and central government. Karo Human and Bali Provincial Government protocol, Putu Suardika confirmed separately on yesterday Friday quoted Bappeda’s head statement, Nyoman Suaca, said that in 2010 expense there is exactly no expense for land liberation in order to make Serangan Highway. “If it is about land liberation, we didn’t put it in our 2010 expense program. but if we talk about this problem again what we ready prepare is facilitation with the central government latter,” said Suardhika.

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