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West Sulawesi prioritizes Tapalang Road for province's infrastructure development
WINDONESIA February 11, 2025
The state of the road in Labuang Rano Village, West Tapalang District, Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi Province Dec. 7, 2021; cut off due to abrasion caused by impacts of waves (Pikiran Rakyat Sulbar)
The West Sulawesi Province Public Works and Spatial Planning Office held a meeting to prepare the initial draft of the 2026 Work Plan (Renja) at its office, which was attended by all representatives of the regional apparatus' field units and Regional Technical Implementation Units (UPTD). The meeting is also a follow-up to the West Sulawesi Province Regional Development, Research, and Innovation Planning Agency (Bapperida) Letter No. B.000.7.2/11/2025.
The meeting, led by West Sulawesi PUPR Office HEad Rachmad, discussed various priority programs, one of which was the construction of the strategic Tapalang-West Tapalang road section. Rachmad emphasized the importance of accelerating the project so that it benefits could be received immediately by the people.
"Our target is to complete priority construction which could directly benefit the people. The Tapalang-West Tapalang road section is a major concern. In addition, the Batuisi Bonehau-Kalumpang road has also been proposed to be funded through the state budget. We must consider changing the status of that road so it becomes under central government purview," said Rachmad.
He also highlighted the historical and strategic value of the Tapalang road, which has long been the main axis before the existence of the province's mountain route. The Tapalang route has great potential as an alternative for disaster mitigation, based on the experience of the 2021 disaster that is still in recent livin memory of the local community.
"The people of West Sulawesi hope for resilient infrastructure that could be a solution to deal with potential disasters in the future. The Tapalang road is a strategic route that could play an important role in disaster mitigation," Rachmad added.
Each sector and UPTD presented their respective work plans at the meeting to ensure that development planning for the projects would be in line with community needs and future challenges.
The West Sulawesi PUPR Office is optimistic that priority programs could be realized with solid coordination for the sake of infrastructure progress and the welfare of West Sulawesi's people.
