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What’s left behind in the national strategic projects
Like old wine in a new bottle, the list of national strategic projects (PSN) was previously included in the Master Plan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Economic Development (MP3EI) during the second presidential term of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, from 2009 to 2014.
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Infrastructure first: Construction of a toll road that dissects Pulo Kerto village in Palembang, South Sumatra is underway on Dec. 12, 2021. The section will be part of the trans-Sumatra toll road. (Antara/Nova Wahyudi)
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he government’s national strategic project (PSN) program has been a buzzword for more than half a decade, starting early in the first term of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in 2015.
The PSN program prioritizes infrastructure, including toll roads, modes of transportation, energy, ports, airports and information technology.
Like old wine in a new bottle, the PSN list was previously included in the Master Plan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Economic Development (MP3EI) during the second presidential term of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, from 2009 to 2014.
The main similarity between the two is the spirit of accelerating national economic development through efforts to deregulate, debureaucratize and provide facilities for the national economic agenda.
The difference is that MP3EI focused on a multisectoral economic development plan, while the PSN program emphasizes infrastructure projects. The infrastructure project is expected help enable the acceleration of national economic growth.
The PSN program has succeeded in accelerating the completion of various projects that were stalled in the previous era. For example, fantastic achievements in toll road construction have occurred over the last seven years.
The Committee for the Acceleration of Priority Infrastructure Provision (KPPIP) noted that between 2015 and 2021, about 1,556 kilometers of toll roads had been built, compared to only 749 km between 1945 and 2014.
