75 National Strategic Projects Completed, Costing Rp554.4 Trillion

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto revealed that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) instructed that National Strategic Projects (NSPs) should create jobs and a multiplier effect.

“The President also instructed that all these national strategic projects benefit the community, especially regarding job creation, and secondly, of course, this investment has a multiplier effect,” said Airlangga in a press statement after attending a limited meeting at the Bogor Palace, as reported by Kompas.com, Tuesday (6/9/2022).

Airlangga mentioned that from 2019 to 2021, the government had completed 66 NSPs with a value reaching Rp414.3 trillion.

The details are as follows: 30 NSPs were completed in 2019 with a value of Rp165.3 trillion, consisting of dam construction, airports, roads, areas, railways, ports, and smelters. Then in 2020, 12 NSPs were completed worth Rp123.1 trillion, consisting of airports, railways, toll roads, ports, drinking water supply systems (SPAM), industrial areas, and dams.

Furthermore, in 2021, 24 NSPs were completed with a value of Rp125.9 trillion, consisting of toll roads, railways, housing areas, SPAM, dams, ports, and technology.

Then, during the January-August 2022 period, 9 NSPs were completed worth Rp140.1 trillion, consisting of 2 port projects, 1 airport project, 3 power projects, border areas, and power plants.

For the September-December 2022 period, 16 NSPs with a value of Rp101.2 trillion are targeted for completion.

The following is the number of projects and the value of NSPs for the 2019-2022 period:

* Throughout 2019: 30 projects with a value of Rp165.3 trillion
* Throughout 2020: 12 projects with a value of Rp123.1 trillion
* Throughout 2021: 24 projects with a value of Rp125.9 trillion
* Jan-Aug 2022: 9 projects with a value of Rp140.1 trillion
* Sep-Dec 2022: 16 projects with a value of Rp101.2 trillion