Two Years After, Jalan Kalimantan-Malaysia Border Parallel Functioning

Entikong, KOMPAS.com – The road construction in Indonesia-Malaysia border continues to speed up the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR).

One of them is a minute longer functional is a parallel road border areas in West Kalimantan (Kalbar).

“in 2018, we try everything functional in the sense that can be passed to East Kalimantan,” said Director General of Highways Ministry PUPR Arie Setiadi Moerwanto in a press release received Kompas.com, Monday (21/11/2016).

construction of a parallel road that started in 2014 was designed along 856 kilometers and is divided into 12 corridor segments.

the corridors are namely Temajuk-Aruk (90 kilometers), Aruk-Covering (78 kilometers), Covering-Entikong (84 kilometers), Entikong- Rasau (99 kilometers), Rasau-Sepulau-Sintang (99 kilometers), and Sintang-Nanga Badau (43 kilometers).

Then six corridors segments more namely Nanga Badau-Lanjak along 46 kilometers, Lanjak-Mataso (26 kilometers), Mataso-Tanjung Work (56 kilometers), Tanjung Work-Putussibau (37.84 kilometers), Putussibau-Nanga Era (37 kilometers), and Nanga Era- border in East Kalimantan with a length of 158 kilometers.

Acquisition of land forested recognized Arie still needs to be done. This is because there are 188.61 kilometers of forest land which has not been opened by the government.

The sections are unopened land is Nanga Era-Limit Kaltim along the 152 kilometer-Entikong Covering an area of ​​20.85 kilometers in length, Rasau-Sepulau-Sintang along 8.55 kilometers, and Temajuk-Aruk with a length of 6.85 kilometers.

“at the end of 2017 we will reduce the road not penetrate into 107.31 kilometers remaining 20 percent. Others in 2018 is penetrating everything, “says Arie.

Therefore, in order to accelerate the process of land acquisition in the way of the border, he continues to coordinate with the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoE) to take care of forestry permit.

Arie admitted that the biggest challenge the Development of parallel roads are fulfilling aspect of environmental friendliness.

“We are still optimistic that with our work. Relating to national parks and other forest we’ve made a MoU (memorandum of understanding) with KLH, “he added.

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