INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta- President Joko Widodo conveyed the achievements of infrastructure development carried out during 2015-2016 in the Speech of Government Statement on the Bill on the State Budget (RAPBN) 2018 along with the financial note in front of the House of Representatives plenary meeting in Jakarta on Wednesday (16/8/2017 )

"Some of our infrastructure output targets have been successful in the 2015-2016 period, road construction and national road capacity increase of approximately 7,000 kilometers, completion of construction of 4 new airports, and construction of a new 199.6 kilometer spoor railway line is expected to open Wider economic access, "the President said in the speech.

In addition, the President said, the government is also focusing on providing housing for low-income communities through the development and improvement of the quality of flats, special houses and self-supporting houses as much as 210,500 units.

The President said, to speed up development in the region carried out through the budget transfer to the region and the Village Fund. The result is a number of development targets successfully improved.

The President said, with the Special Allocation Fund (DAK) program, the Government is improving people's accessibility to basic infrastructure, such as access to drinking water increased by 386.7 thousand household connections by the end of 2016.

The government also supports the economic development of communities in the regions with an increase in percentage of provincial road stability to 71.8 percent, district and city roads to 61.2 percent and agricultural irrigation covering 895 thousand hectares.

While it has been allocated in 2015, the Village Fund has produced more than 89,800 kilometers of village roads, 746,400 meters of bridges, access to clean water for 22,100 households.

A total of 1,700 units of boat moorings, 14,900 PAUD units, 4,100 Polindes units, 19,500 well units, three thousand village market units, 108,000 drainage and irrigation units, 9,900 Posyandu units, and 941 units of embungs.