Gov to issue infrastructure masterplan for

Morowali industrial area

The Regional Infrastructure Development Agency (BPIW) of the  Ministry of

Public Works and Housing had issued Decission Letter No.18/KPTS/KW/2023
dated April 18, 2023 related to the formulation of regional development
evaluation masterplan to accelerate infrastructure providing in five industrial
areas, the ministry said in a release Wednesday (21/6).
"The strategic industrial areas as instructed by the minister are Weda Bay,
Sorowako, Morowali, Konawe and Tanjung Selor. The masterplan will also
support constructions of access road," BPIW Director Yudha Mediawan said.
For the national strategic project Morowali industrial area, located in Central
Sulawesi, the government had invested up to Rp135.8 billion to construct a
number of infrastructures between 2020 and 2023, namely drainage
revitalization between Bungku-Bahodopi-Batas Sultra (2020), road expansion
between Bahodopi-Batas Sultra (2021-2022) and access road preservation
between Bungku-Bahodopi-Batas Sultra (2020-2023).
According to BPIW survey, key strategic issues currently faced by Morowali
are the lack of environemntal and spatial planning between settlements and
workers' housing areas, flood surrounding the area, traffic jam on national
road during office hours as well as heavy littering on roads and  settlement
areas.
"For Morowali, the activity planning should be implemented at the end of 2024,
including 10km additional road length between Bungku-Bahodopi-Batas
Sultra, rehabilitation of 20Ha slumps surrounding the site, waste management
system for the entire area and the construction of 20Ha waste disposal area in
Bahodopi, soaking uo Rp122 billion worth of investment," Yudha said.
The ministry has also prepared a number of readiness critera of several
supporting infrastructure with construction scheduled in 2025.