TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi said that the plan to form a Giant Sea Wall Authority is underway. The government, including ministries, agencies, and local governments, is engaging in talks to develop the project that will stretch along the northern coast of Java.
"Hopefully we can establish the agency this year," said Prasetyo on Tuesday, June 18, adding that the discussions involve the local governments of Jakarta, Banten, West Java, and East Java.
When asked about the potential names or agencies to be involved in the authority, Prasetyo emphasized that the most important thing is the plan to build the giant sea wall. "It's been said several times in scientific and academic forums that our land surface is sinking," he said.
President Prabowo Subianto previously declared that the project can no longer be postponed. Although it has been included in the National Development Planning Agency's plan since 1995, the project has not yet commenced.
Prabowo mentioned that the project, spanning 500 kilometers from Banten to Gresik, will require approximately US$80 billion in funding.
The government will begin with the Jakarta-Semarang corridor. Prabowo said the government is open to investments, but the construction won't wait. "We will use our own strength," Prabowo said at the International Conference on Infrastructure (ICI) 2025 in JCC Senayan on Thursday, June 12, 2025.
The acceleration of the giant sea wall construction plan has been criticized by the People's Coalition for Fisheries Justice (Kiara). Kiara's Secretary General, Susan Herawati, deemed this project a false solution. "The sea wall does not address the roots of the problem, namely massive land conversion," she said on Friday, June 13, 2025.
Susan believes that the primary solution is not to build large infrastructure, but to rearrange space and stop land conversion. She highlighted the entry of industries into the Pantura region, especially in Central Java. "There should be no more land clearance. These cities cannot bear the ecological sins caused by investments," she stated.
Hendrik Yaputra and Riri Rahayu contributed to the writing of this article.
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