SBY Plans to Inaugurate the East Kalimantan MP3EI Project

Samarinda, 8/10/12. Preparation of plans for the inauguration and groundbreaking of several MP3EI projects in East Kalimantan by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, carried out meeting to discuss preparations for implementing these activities. The meeting was held in 2 stages, namely an internal meeting of the East Kalimantan Province KP3EI team with relevant stakeholders, as well as a meeting with the Central KP3EI team at the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs.

MP3EI projects in East Kalimantan that are ready to be inaugurated include the development of Kariangau International Port in Balikpapan, and the development of Kalimarau Airport in Berau Regency. Meanwhile, the projects proposed for Groundbreaking include the Pupuk Kaltim 5 factory construction project in Bontang City, the Sepinggan Balikpapan International Airport development project, the New Samarinda Airport construction project in Samarinda City, and the Maloy International Industrial Area and Port (KIPI) development project in Sangatta. , East Kutai.

The initial preparatory meeting was held in the Ruhui Rahayu Room, East Kalimantan Governor's Office, on October 8 2012. The meeting was chaired directly by the Governor of East Kalimantan, DR. H. Awang Faroek Ishak, accompanied by the Chairman of the East Kalimantan DPRD. Present at this meeting were heads of SKPD and related agencies, as well as those responsible for each project. The Governor appealed to all stakeholders involved in this activity, both from the government and the private sector, to prepare everything well.

As a continuation of the meeting, a meeting was held to discuss the readiness of each project proposed for inauguration and groundbreaking by the President of the Republic of Indonesia together with the Central KP3EI team. The meeting was chaired by the Head of the KP3EI Program Integration Division; Wahyu Utomo, Head of KP3Ei Planning Division; Abdul Kamarzuki, as well as Head of KP3EI Administration Division; Dodi S. Riyadi. This meeting was a direction from the Ministry of State Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia to the Secretary of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs to obtain the latest information in order to consider the feasibility of inaugurating and groundbreaking the MP3EI project in East Kalimantan by the President of the Republic of Indonesia.

It is reported that the Kariangau International Port has currently carried out initial trials and operations, marked by the first shipment on August 30 2012. The total number of ships being tested is 20 units with a container of 2600 Teu's and a loading and unloading capacity of 25 boxes /day/crane. Overall, physical development progress is 98.90%. Regarding access to Kariangau Harbor, the provincial government has built a 13.5 km long access road from the National Road (Km.13 Balikpapan). Currently the access road has been built with 1 (one) lane, from the planned construction of 2 lanes.

Kalimarau Airport, as a development of what is currently operating, is ready to be operational. The main terminal building has been completed, while the supporting buildings are still in 75% condition. However, these supporting buildings do not have a significant influence on airport operations, so completion can still be carried out simultaneously after Kalimarau Airport is operational. The airlines that have entered Kalimarau Airport are Batavia and Sriwijaya for the Boeing type; Kalstar (propeller), and Trigana Air. In the future, it is projected that the number of airlines entering Kalimarau will increase, in line with economic growth in Berau Regency, especially the tourism sector.

Other projects are currently in progress, with progress as follows:
1. The Pupuk Kaltim 5 Factory construction project in Bontang City is currently being carried out, on land owned by Pupuk Kaltim. This work has reached 30% progress, and is targeted to start operations in 2014;
2. Sepinggan Airport, as the main gateway to East Kalimantan Province, is currently undergoing development which is divided into 3 packages. Package I, which includes work on the cargo terminal, hangar A1, apron, service building apron, administration building, heavy equipment shelter, air cargo expedition and airline office, is currently at 73% construction. Package 2, work: passenger terminal with an area of ​​110,000 m2 with a capacity of 10 million passengers/year, construction progress 14%. Package 3, work on flyover infrastructure, roads, parking areas, construction progress 24%. Package 4, namely work on hangar A2, apron, tower; currently in the DED process and physical plans completed in July 2013, operational in October 2013;
3. The construction of the new Samarinda Airport, as a transfer to the existing airport, is being implemented using a multiyear Provincial APBD contract financing pattern worth IDR. 696 Billion. Currently land side development has reached 13.8%. The completion target for New Samarinda Airport is 2013, with a passenger terminal area of ​​15,000 m2 with a capacity of 2.5 million passengers/year. Apart from building the airport, there is also widening and improving the access road to the airport with a width of 15 meters and a length of 21 km;
4. The Centralized Crude Terminal (CCT) project located in North Penajam Paser Regency is a project that will be implemented by PT. Pertamina is a development of the existing crude oil terminal. The development will be built in 2 phases, where the first phase will be developed up to 8 million barrels of crude oil and in the second phase it will be developed up to 15 million barrels;
5. Maloy Industrial Area and International Port is the face of East Kalimantan in the future. The richness of its resources certainly means that this area continues to attract the attention of both national and international investors. Currently, the East Kalimantan provincial government continues to make efforts to accelerate the development of this Industrial Area. The total area is 5,305 ha, where the initial development stage was on 1,000 ha of land and 577 ha of land has been acquired. Maloy is currently being proposed as a Special Economic Zone (KEK) by the East Kalimantan Provincial Government together with the Trans Kalimantan Economic Zone. The proposed area is 32,800 Ha. This area is an integration area proposed by the East Kalimantan provincial government of 5,305 Ha, Batuta Chemical Industrial Park of 1,000 Ha, and the Trans Kalimantan Economic Zone of 26,500 Ha.

The central KP3EI team also hopes that the East Kalimantan Provincial Government can prepare public lecture activities by the President of the Republic of Indonesia or the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs at the local State University. The inauguration and groundbreaking are planned to be held in October 2012.

Source: Regional Development Infrastructure Sector of East Kalimantan Bappeda and published by Public Relations of East Kalimantan Bappeda/Sukandar, S.Sos.