Kutai to build international airport

Kutai to build international airport

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: The government is planning to build an
international airport in Kutai Kartanegara regency, East
Kalimantan, a regent said on Friday. The airport construction
will cost the state some Rp 1.4 trillion (US$140 million), said
Kutai Kartanegara regent Syaukani. The regent, who was visiting
Makassar city in South Sulawesi, did not elaborate on the source
of funding for the project. He said the regental government would
prepare some 1,300 hectares of land for the airport construction,
which is estimated to last two years.

The airport construction is expected to be completed in 2008.

Kutai Kartanegara is a resource-rich province with the
majority of its revenues coming from coal and other mineral
extractions. Its budget over the past few years has been the
largest among the regental administrations across the nation,
giving it leeway to improve education and health services in the
regency. -- Antara