Road Show Gub. East Kalimantan early 2012

Jakarta, 4 /1/12. Governor of East Kalimantan dr. H. Awang Faroek Ishak was accompanied by Secretary of the Secretary of H Irianto Lambrie, Economic and Development Assistant, Head of East Kalimantan Bappeda Dr. Ir .H. Rusmadi.MS, Head of Public Works Agency, Head of Transportation, Head of BPMD, Head of Animal Husbandry Service, Head of Agriculture Service, along with other ranks held a meeting with Mrs. Minister of BPPN/Bappenas and Deputy Minister of Finance, in the context of delivering the proposed priority program of infrastructure that needed to get an allocation and state budget.

The meeting followed up on the direction of the President of the Republic of Indonesia at the time of the Governor's Working Meeting in Indonesia who said that, in 2011 there was a Silpa APBN fund that reached the figure of Rp. 40 trillion, can be used for infrastructure development. The opportunity was used by the Governor of East Kalimantan to immediately conduct a road show to the relevant ministries to submit the proposal including: 1. Completing the construction of the Kalimantan crossing road; 2. Rebuilding the Kutai Kertanegara Bridge; 3. Construction of the Balang Island bridge; 4. Balikpapan toll road construction - Samarinda; 5. Completion of the construction of the Mahkota II Bridge; 6. Construction of access roads to Kipi Maloy; 7. Infrastructure development in the Maloy area
8. Maloy Port Development; 9. Construction of general cvargo ports and Palaran passenger terminals; 10. Construction of the Palaran TPK access road; 11. Extension of the speed runway of Sepinggan Airport Balikpapan; 12. Construction of a new Samarinda Airport runway;

14. Completing the construction of the Kariangau container terminal;
15. Construction of the wain river reservoir;
16. Development of road infrastructure supporting the tourism area of ​​Derawan Island; 17. Construction of border roads; 18. Construction of border airports (Data Dawai, Long Ampung and Long Bawan); 19. Food Estate Development.

From the proposal received a positive response from the Deputy Minister of Finance so that the East Kalimantan Provincial Government immediately followed up on the proposal through technical meetings to the Ministry to discuss targets, targets, time schedule implementation and financing plan schemes that needed support from the central government for each program proposal. However, it is hoped that the proposal will be immediately grouped based on the responsibilities of each ministry and convey the complete information about the targets, sasarn and progress as well as the expected central government support. Likewise, the Mrs. Minister of BPPN/Bappenas who welcomed the breakthrough efforts made by the Provincial Government of East Kalimantan. Was delivered that the program was immediately followed up to the relevant ministries to ascertain whether the proposal had been with the Government Work Plan (RKP). Regarding the certainty of the realization of the allocation of Silpa funds for the proposal, it is the authority of the President, whether the nantin of the central government in 2012 is programmed by the APBN-change so that the proposal can be discussed by the budget committee.

specifically alluded to the construction of the Balang Island Bridge, that the program has been included in the Blue Book Bappenas in 2010-2014 but the funding for the development plan through the Chinese loan is still in the prose’s of approval by the Minister of Finance currently in the negotiation stage. As for the construction of Samarinda Airport, it is only explained that the central government is ready to work together for budget allocation, but it is hoped that the provincial government can find solutions to solve problems at this time. The construction of the Balikpapan - Samarinda Toll Road is also a serious concern conveyed by the Deputy Facilities and Infrastructure will conduct an evaluation related to government investment which might be improved to further accelerate its development by investors through APBN funds. (Data Source: Regional Development Infrastructure in East Kalimantan Bappeda and Informed by Sukandar, S.Sos/Public Relations Bappeda Kaltim).