Indonesia plans 14 new airports

The Indonesian government has laid out an ambitious infrastructure programme which includes the construction of 14 new airports starting next year.

This will include an increase in capital expenditure of 28 percent next year as the government aims to build more bridges, roads, ports and airports to boost growth in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said.

He has promised to double spending on infrastructure to $140 billion during his second and final five-year term to deliver average growth of 6.6 percent.

Minister of Transportation Freddy Numberi has offered the private sector an opportunity to develop the 14 new airports.

Source: BTN

20.08.10