JAKARTA - Angkasa Pura Airports committed to completing the land acquisition for the project this year expansion Sultan Hasanuddin Airport, Makassar, valued at 2.4 trillion IDR that could be accelerated. The plan, which is a hub airport for the Indonesia eastern region will be expanded to be able to accommodate 25 million passengers per year.
Currently, the capacity of the airport is only about 7.5 million passengers per year. Corporate Communication Department Head Handy Heryudhitiawan said that the company is still working on the details engineered design (DED) while completing the land acquisition still leaves two fields again. "If the land issue completed, we would have been able to start. Target, the land could be completed this year, but it still needs maturation again to DED that can not be ground breaking this year as the previous target. Hopefully can next year," he said on Thursday (21 / 8).
Estimated funding for Hasanuddin Airport expansion, which reached 2.4 trillion IDR that adopts the concept of airport city, with details of 2 trillion IDR to physical construction, while 478 billion IDR for land acquisition. "The funding will be calculated, whether full from internal or there is the loan option," he said.
He admits, for development detail is discussed by the company, but since early 2014 has been no coordination with the municipal government and the local government of Makassar in South Sulawesi. "Now there is talk there will be integration of rail mass transit and to Hasanuddin Airport. Makassar local authority is okay, but the discussion still continued," he said.
Besides, he added, there are also plans to build flyovers and underpasses from the airport to the main access road Trans-Sulawesi. "Essentially, we will prepare the access roads and adequate transportation for people from and to the airport. This is part of a Hasanuddin development scheme," he said.
Hasanuddin Airport expansion plan ultimate target is actually able to accommodate 45 million-50 million passengers per year by 2030 with the addition of a new runway and terminal. At first, if the land acquisition completed faster, groundbreaking done this year as well, so the construction will be completed in 2017 [Diani Sekaring Sejati / Source: Bisnis Indonesia]
