Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika has approved plans for further studies to be done for the potential construction of a new airport in Buleleng, North Bali.
Pastika said on Tuesday that a recommendation was issued to foreign investor Airport Kinesis Canada (AKC) in late April 2016 and that AKC already conducted a pre-feasibility study.
But, the governor also gave a nudge to Buleleng Regency, commenting that even though Bali Province already issued its recommendation to the Ministry of Transport, the regency has not yet done so, according to Rima News.
Pastika estimates that the new airport’s construction would take more than five years and the budget is estimated to total as much as Rp 30 trillion.
Right now they are still pinpointing whether their selected location in Buleleng is suitable for not, Pastika explained.
The airport, which has already apparently been given the name Dwijendra International Airport, would be a “floating airport,” built on reclaimed land.
The governor and his crew seem to think an airport in the north of Bali would help tackle South Bali’s mounting congestion problem, but we’re thinking traffic wouldn’t improve in South Bali—it would just worsen in the calm North. But guess we’ll have to wait at least five years to find out if the governor’s predictions are at all accurate!
