Commission V of the Republic of Indonesia House of Representatives paid a working visit to Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi on Thursday (2/14). The Directorate General of Highways of the Ministry of PUPR, represented by the Head of the XIII Makassar National Road Implementation Agency (BBPJN), Miftachul Munir, also reviewed the construction of the access road to the harbor harbor and the access road to the airport without Padang.

As a form of support for the sea toll program that aims to connect the major ports in the archipelago, DGH supports the construction of access roads to the harbor, 1Km road development plan with 4 lanes currently still constrained without land being free for road construction The planned cost to be spent on building this access road is approximately 19.4 billion.

In addition the DGH also supports the construction of an airport without Padang Mamuju to promote tourism in West Sulawesi where many beautiful prehistoric sites and beaches, the Padang-Padang airport is building new terminals and runway extensions and DGH supports in terms of road infrastructure where building an access road to the new terminal with a length of approximately 1.5 Km where in the access road there is a bridge along the 40 meters and plans to build a road with 4 lanes.

The access road without the Padang airport cannot be worked on because the physical construction is the same as the construction of the harbor access strip, namely on land acquisition which is still an obstacle, the process of land acquisition is still being carried out until now.

"For 2019, there will be an increase in the budget to Rp. 303.4 billion consisting of 20 packages. Meanwhile, the package for the construction of the Padang Padang access road and the Belang-Belang Port has not yet been contracted due to land constraints, "said Miftahul Munir.

Deputy Governor of West Sulawesi Enny Anggraeny Anwar on a friendly night told the Ministry of PUPR, especially DGH in order to improve the status of provincial roads to national roads, namely the Salubatu - Bonehau - Kalumpang - Bts sections. Sulsel (North Luwu) along 89.90 Km, Salubatu - Mambi - Malabo - Mamasa - Tabang sections (Bts. Sulsel) 152.282 Km, and Polewali - Tabone - Malabo segment 72.82 Km. The Deputy Governor of West Sulawesi also added his proposal to add a national road line from 2 lanes to 4 lanes namely the area of the Polewali-Wonomulyo national road.

On that friendly night, Miftachul Munir conveyed the conditions related to road infrastructure in West Sulawesi. "Currently the condition of the national road in West Sulawesi has a stability of 91.24% with a total road length of 763.21 Km, and we are building two suspension bridges in 2019 which located in north mamuju which is the 60 meter long Kalalo Bridge and the 80 meter Gunung Sari Bridge and two suspension bridges in Polewali, the 60 meter Darma Bridge and the 40 meter Pappang Bridge ". (KompuBM)