Tuesday, 07 December 2021
Inspection of National Roads - Provincial Roads (Kaltim Governor's Visit Route Jl. Pahlawan (Tenggarong) - Central Axis Kalimantan Cross - Senoni - Bangun City - Martadipura Bridge - PT REA Kaltim)
In the series of activities for the Governor of East Kalimantan's working visit to Kutai Kartanegara, starting the visit agenda on Monday 6 December 2021, the group took the time to inspect the condition of national roads and provincial roads on the route taken during this visit.
Representatives of the Provincial PUPR Service who were also present at the Governor's working visit this time said that on provincial and national roads there are still damaged roads and this will be addressed in 2022 - 2023. Funding for provincial roads is budgeted through the provincial APBD and for national roads through APBN or central funds.
Meanwhile, there are still roads which are in non-status condition and the determination is still waiting for a decree from the Ministry, namely the location of the road starting from the Martadipura bridge point.
Head of Bappeda East Kalimantan Province, Prof. Aswin commented that handling the road on the section that was passing during this kunker really needs to be a priority for the Ministry and related agencies. This is because people really need good road conditions to support their activities. "There is a need to increase road capacity to have an impact on the recovery and economic improvement of the surrounding community," he said.
Apart from that, it is important for the Ministry of Public Works to consider the road capacity standard which is only 8 tonnes, whereas many roads in East Kalimantan are used by transport carrying more than 8 tonnes which causes road conditions to become damaged. And for road sections that are still non-status, it is hoped that the Ministry will be willing to change the status of these roads to national road status considering that these sections also support central interests and can reduce the burden on regional budgets.
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