INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta- The government through the Ministry of Public Works and People's Housing announced that the 200 km (Km) parallel border road in North Kalimantan Province (Kaltara) to date has not yet penetrated.

"Yes, that has not penetrated about 200 kilometers because it is still in the stage of clearing forest land in cooperation with the TNI," said Minister of Public Works and Housing Basuki Hadimuljono in Jakarta on Tuesday (3/10/2017)

According to Basuki, the total of 983 km of Boundary Road in Kaltara is divided into 603 km of border parallel roads and border access roads to the 380 km Post.

According to Basuki, the construction of roads on the border shows a serious country presence to improve the welfare of the border population through increased road connectivity.

"The road will be covered by 127 km in 2018 and the remaining 73 km in 2019. So that in 2019 it is targeted that the parallel road of the border in Kaltara will be completely translated and will be repaired and paved by the Ministry of PUPR," he said.