TEMPO.CO, Klaten - Deny Juanda Puradimaja, Assistant for Economic and Development, West Java Regional Secretary, said that Patimban port project in Subang will include land reclamation.
“It will have a U-shape, [the inner part] will be allocated for the port. It’s been planned,” he told Tempo on Friday, January 20, 2017.
Deny said that the Patimban port will consist of two areas, a 350 hectares of U-shaped reclaimed island and 250-300 hectares of land area. Two bridges will be built to connect the coast with the reclaimed island.
“One is about 900 meters [in length], the other is 800 meters. So it would not disturb the mangrove [forest], one bridge is heading that way [to reclaimed island], the other is this way,” he said.
Deny said that the environmental impact assessment (Amdal) of the proposed Patimban port had been prepared by the Ministry of the Environment and Forestry. “They have started preparation of the Amdal; however, it had not been finalized pending the spatial planning. The spatial planning has now been done, it can now be finalized,” he said.
Deny said that the Amdal is required for the issuance of the Location Determination, that will include the environmental assessment of the planned reclamation in Patimban.
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