Lower limit height that once become obstacle due to Pelindo and Ministry of Transportation who asked for the deepened of STB lower limit into 40-44 meter so the cruise could pass over it automatically failed. Provincial Government perseveres with their 33 meters decision. Head of Bali Local Development Division, Ketut Canang, on Tuesday (July 27) conveyed that the governor had sent a letter to the Mr. Minister on Monday (July 26).

“The point of that letter is to maintain 33 meter lower limit. There was indeed a request for the height is reconsidered once again so the cruises can pass over it. But the governor letter ascertain firmly that they preserve the 33 meters lower limit height,” said Canang whilst accompanied by head Bali Public Relationship and Protocol Bureau, Ketut Teneng. Previously, according to the initiate design, STB Bridge would have 440 meter length with 17.4 meter width. The maximum height will be 45.919 meter from the sea level meanwhile the minimum height of its depth is 30 meter. The bridge estimated would cost 1.2 trillion Rupiah, Canang says merely waiting for the decision from Minister of Transportation concerning the continuation of this project.
According to Canang, all research study has been fulfilled by the provincial government. It makes the lower limit height that went through long process, is final. “We just sent the letter together with its research study,” said Canang.

Bali Provincial was asked to maintain that research study by the legislative. Vice head for Bali Council, Ketut Suwandhi separately conveyed that soon the answer arrived; executive should coordinate with legislative and with the expert team. Therefore, the same struggle for STB development would not repeated once again. What about the cruise solution that previously due to the Pelindo wished for the cruise could dock-in around STB area, Ketut Suwandi mentioned that the cruise could not cross below the bridge. “The cruise is still able to see the south side of Bali Island such as Benoa and area around it but if they’d like to harbored the ship they can do it at Tanah Ampo Harbor since that pier is dedicated for cruise harbor and recently still goes through the development for it,” Suwandhi.

Suwandhi mentioned about the development of Tanah Ampo harbor would eventually help even distribution for the tourism development and construction in Bali. “Not merely pile in South Bali area only. We have to open it on east area too so there will be balance between the south and the east,” said Suwandhi.

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Public Relationship of Indonesia Railway Company Sugeng Priyono to ANTARA Denpasar, on Monday says that Indonesia in 2010 will become the host for 32nd ASEAN railways companies leaders.

“The result of that meeting is expected could give knowledge and suggestion in train management in our country,” he said.

It is said that this annual activity attended by at least 150 participants of ASEAN members.

“The delegations ascertain their attendance are from Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Philippine, Myanmar and Indonesia,” he explained.

In that meeting also, he said, scheduled to attend are Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of State Enterprise, ASEAN Secretary General, Head of National Planning and Development Agency, Bali Governor, Director General of railways and academicians.

Managing Director of Indonesian Railway Ignasius Jonan said that through the meeting all participants are expected could help each other to build strength in transportation.

“We look forward to the joint strength optimization for the progress of railway world among ASEAN countries,” he said.

It was already known well that every countries of ASEAN member have different demography, railway network, service coverage and human resources.

“Through this meeting we could share various ideas so that we could see each other short of, in order to create collective improvement,” he said.

It is the time for nowadays railways following its present demand and tracking the steps of developed countries by producing fast railway in accordance with the development of modern technology and placing it as the backbone of land transportation.

ASEAN Railway CEO (ARCEO) Forum initialed for the first time by Indonesia, in its continuation held change between the ten countries member.

Thus, stand as a friendship realization among ASEAN countries, especially for railway management in developing and increasing their performance as well as their technology in each respective country.

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“What was once green could gone someday, shifted by tens of buildings and leave us merely with slum impression,” said Gelgel village head, Nengah Soma when attending a meeting with Klungkung Official together with Technique Management Consultant in which they discussing preliminary plan for central city’s arrangement and revitalization, on Monday (July 12) .

The meeting hold at Praja Mandala Meeting Room was attended by head of Gelgel village, Nengah Soma also by some humanist such as Nyoman Gunarsa and friends. This meeting was led by head of Klungkung Planning Department for Regional Development, A.A. Ngurah Agung.

According to Ngurah Agung, varied problems happened in Gelgel village have lead them to make city’s arrangement and revitalization. It includes issues and regular problems such as city’s economic vitality decrease, space shape damage and the weakening of urban people socio-cultural aspect. The meeting intended to find revitalization concept of every potential in each areas. Such as in socio-cultural, socio-economic as well as in term of physic and its environment, which is able to protecting and preserving their respective area, Ngurah Agung says.

Arrangement and revitalization hope could raise area’s vitality through intervention, enabling to create growth and local economic stability integrated with livable city system, social justice as well as cultural and environmental friendly at the same time. “It is time for Klungkung to improve. One of them is to avoid slum like condition as what was feared by Gelgel head village,” he said.

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Bali provincial government programmed the development of 6.500 hectares village forest. This village forest developmental program is part of the government rehabilitation effort toward critical forest area in which will involve the community around the forest developed.

That 6.500 hectares forest area will be situated in 15 villages and 4 regencies city in Bali. Those four regencies are Jembrana, Buleleng, Bangli and Karangasem.

Head of Bali Forestry, Anak Agung Bhuana in his statement in Renon (July stating that with this village forest system, people live around the forest area will be given a chance to manage the forest and the area around it. It obligates both for protected forest and production forest.

“So the people could manage the forest, starting from plantation and achieve its production for instance wood, but the most important thing here is the plantation process considered as an obligation in order to create sustainable forest,” said Anak Agung Bhuana.

Anak Agung Bhuana explained that 6.500 hectares village forest development had verified by the Ministry of Forestry. Bhuana continued that even though the people has been given the right to manage the forest but felling trees process still under the surveillance of Forestry Agency.

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Elevated road at Simpang-siur circle (God of Ruci Statue) will be developed in 2011. This one way elevated road to Nusa Dua-Sunset Road will has 600 meters length and estimated would cost IDR 300 billion. Thus, as conveyed by head of Commission III DPRD Bali, Putu Agus Suradnyana on Monday (June 28) yesterday. The road hopes will finish in 2013 before APEC conference in Nusa Dua Bali.

He admitted that the elevated road build at the west of God Ruci statue is the last alternative for never ending traffic jam at that roundabout. Another alternative to reduce traffic jam at that site is through widening the road junction in front of Ngurah Rai airport. From the south to Ngurah Rai strived it into a one-way road to the west. That is why the west road should be widened 1-2 meter so the traffic could flow to one way only. Therefore, his party would soon coordinate with Angkasa Pura Ngurah Rai co. to give 1-2 meter of their land or precisely at the airport fence to realize it.

Member of Commission III Ida Bagus Gede Udiyana viewed one way elevated road is cheaper than making under pass. “This is an urgent program since the international event has waiting us,” he said. If the traffic jam left, Kuta would not become a metropolis city but city full of mess. It will become an uncomfortable, miserable and saturated city for its people. Meanwhile, in order to bring back the function around Simpang-Siur road, Agus Suradnyana admitted the difficulty to realize it since most of the buildings built there have already hold their legal authorization. Although, Udiyana feels the urge to revitalize that area in order to bring back its function. If there is already illegal building built, the authorize institution would immediately disciplined it.

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