DENPASAR ~

State-Owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno stated that Bali’s new airport to be built in Buleleng Regency, Bali, probably to be built jutting into the sea.

After a meeting with Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika, in Denpasar on Friday, the minister said that if the construction of the airport in the northern region of Bali is imposed on land, many rice fields will be affected. Her party will also ask Angkasa Pura to see the condition directly in Buleleng.

Similar things stated by Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika that there are two points of location, in west and east Buleleng that continued to be studied in terms of feasibility. However, a number of practitioners advise that the area of west Buleleng is very risky due to the constraints of the mountain.

Meanwhile in eastern Buleleng there are many productive lands that will be sacrificed.

“The most probable alternative is to build it juts into the sea,” he said while hoping the Ministry can pay attention to the new airport development plan in order to be realized.

From some investors who want to invest for the construction of Buleleng Airport, formerly one of the consultants flagged Airport Kinesis Canada (AKC) had explained the willingness to build the airport on the sea. “Construction of the airport above the sea by using reclamation system, we estimate 134 million cubic soils are required to a depth of no more than 100 meters,” he said.