Serangan-Tanjung Benoa (STB) highways project implementation perhaps will be delayed once again. this 1.2 trillion Rupiah postponement is due to the absence of agreement with Bali Turtle Island Development (BTID) party who had the land at Serangan, South Denpasar. Ever since in making the body of the road and connecting bridge, at least there is 24 hectare of BTID land will be used. That land acquisition still get bump with BTID which still did not give their green light.

The meeting between BTID, Comission III DPRD Bali and Bali Public Labour Division at Regional Parliamentary Office on Monday (January 18) still found no solution about land acquisition. BTID is still asking for more time discussing the highways project that will across their land. BTID party, Hendro Wardoyo mentioned that if the highways project conducted, then Serangan Island would lose 24-hectare land for that project.

Besides Hendro, attended in that meeting was Kasubdin Jalan PU Bali – Head of Road Division of Bali Public Labour – Ida Bagus Sidharta. Meanwhile, for the Commission III itself is led by Commission Head Putu Agus Suradnyana. In the end of that meeting, the solution toward that project will change once again. Instead of taking the land on Serangan Island, it will moved again to the edge of Mangrove forest. “We hope for the Serangan-Tanjung Benoa project development to be reviewed,” said Hendro in front of Commission III members of DPRD Bali.

What was interesting that BTID party also gave their understanding that the cost of that road development is too high. “That’s why we suggested for alternative road development,” said Hendro while mentioned the alternative suggested by BTID would not involve Serangan Island in it and will be much cheaper.

That other way he meant about was the development of main road through Benoa Port, then circular on the coast to the west then entering eastern track to the Tanjung Benoa. BTID party point of view, that alternative is lot more better to develop. “If we use this method it will cost us less,” assessed Hendro. This answer that shocked the council since the study according to this STB project is final. As far as Korean investor has been ready for the implementation of that project on February 2010. That BTID suggestion automatically will change their STB project planning.

Head of Commission III Agus Suradnyana ascertain the study has been final and that there is no problem at all. If there is a suggestion came from BTID means that it should consulted again with related parties.

“Involving central, executive and Bali Council, it must be STB Highways. That road line will entering Serangan then body of the road will be at Tanjung Benoa Badung. The design purposely is for the traffic jam solution happened at South Denpasar to the South Kuta,” said Agus.

News by Nusa Bali