South Korea expressed its readiness to build LRT light train projects in Bali. Meanwhile, the Ginseng Negeri also glanced at the Jakarta Phase 4 MRT project from Fatmawati to Taman Mini. For this reason, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi held a bilateral meeting with South Korean Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation Hee-Ryong Won. Both discussed the development of cooperation between the two countries, one of which concerns the two projects.
The meeting took place on Tuesday (30/5), at the Conrad Hotel, Seoul, South Korea after the two ministers were speakers at the ICAO Global Implementation Support Symposium (GISS) 2023 meeting in the same place.
On this occasion, Budi Karya conveyed the development of a number of railroad projects in collaboration with South Korea. First related to the feasibility study plan that will be carried out for the LRT development project in Bali. Then the Jakarta Phase 4 MRT development project was developed, which was signed by its MoU in 2022.
“Where South Korea through K-Consortium has submitted a pre-feasibility study which the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government is currently reviewing,” Budi Karya said in his statement, Wednesday (5/31/2023).
For the record, the MRT Phase 4 project will connect the Fatmawati-mini-banned 11 km. In this project, 10 fully underground stations will be built. The total investment value required is IDR 21 trillion.
Meanwhile, the LRT project in Bali requires an investment of IDR 10 trillion. The LRT project in Bali will connect I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport to the main wiata object in Badung Regency. Furthermore, the route will be developed towards all regions in Bali.
May 31, 2023, CNBC Indonesia
(https://www.cnbcindonesia.com/news/20230531124340-4-442145/daebak-korea-bangun-lrt-di-bali-bidik-proyek-mrt-jakarta)