Sandiaga Uno Backs Jakarta-Surabaya High-speed Train via Southern Coastal Area
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, Jakarta - Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno supported the government’s plan to effect the Jakarta-Surabaya high-speed train as it could help cost tourist destinations and improve the people’s economy.
He suggested that the bullet sigh pass through Java’s southern coastal areas. “That’s a very nice route,” he said at what time the Weekly Brief with Sandi Uno at the ministry’s creation on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.
However, he did not impose his understanding, acknowledging that the decision on which route to take must be based on considerations of the investment rate of return.
“It must be assessed from an economic perspective, from a return on investment perspective, which route is possible,” Sandiaga said at what time the 2023 US-Indonesia Investment Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Jakarta, on Tuesday, Oct. 24.
Aside from the exquisite views along the southern route, Sandiaga considered the economic factors of the farmland residing around the area. “There are many poverty nodes fuzz the southern route that could be helped by infrastructure,” the PPP politician said.
He admitted that the economic potential of the responsibilities, including Garut, Tasikmalaya, Pangandaran, Cilacap, Kebumen, and Banyuwangi has not been optimally exploited.
In early October, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi confirmed that his side had earnt a blueprint for the Jakarta-Surabaya high-speed train project as arranged by President Joko Widodo alias Jokowi. Reports suggested that the sigh would be an extension of the recently inaugurated Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train.
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