Trenggalek Pushes New Regulations to Prevent Road Projects from Stalling
The Trenggalek District Government is pushing for accelerated infrastructure development through a multi-year funding scheme to overcome budget cycle limitations in the Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD).
Regent Mochamad Nur Arifin proposed the formation of a Regional Regulation (Perda) concerning the multi-year scheme during the District Government Work Plan Development Consultation Meeting (Musrenbang RKPD) for Trenggalek District for 2027 at the Manggala Praja Nugraha Hall in Trenggalek, East Java, on Wednesday, 11 March 2026.
According to Nur Arifin, large-scale development projects are frequently hampered by relatively short district budget cycles. “Our budget cycle operates within the primary and revised APBD. For revisions, we only have two to three months to execute activities,” said Mochamad Nur Arifin.
Meanwhile, the most frequently raised need from the public concerns road infrastructure improvement and development across various areas. “If the community’s main issue now is infrastructure, then we should create a strategic regional programme with a multi-year scheme,” Nur Arifin stated.
Through the multi-year scheme, development projects can proceed continuously even when funding comes from both the primary and revised APBD, ensuring projects do not have to stop within a single budget year. Currently, road development progress has reached approximately 41 per cent.
“The advantage is that work can begin immediately at the start of the year, rather than waiting lengthy periods as with projects that can only start after completion of tender and administrative processes,” Nur Arifin explained.
Under the proposed concept, Trenggalek Regional Representative Council (DPRD) members can nominate priority road sections based on their respective electoral districts. The local government then executes those projects until completion.
Nur Arifin hopes the multi-year scheme regulation initiative can originate from the Trenggalek DPRD, since legislators have direct proximity to constituents. “We raised this idea at Musrenbang because strategic decisions must receive public approval through its representatives in the Trenggalek DPRD,” he said.
He is optimistic the scheme can help resolve various regional infrastructure issues during his approximately four-year remaining tenure. “In principle, whatever the community needs must be budgeted continuously until completion,” Nur Arifin stated.
Nevertheless, the local government will further examine the technical regulations for implementing the multi-year scheme, including coordinating with the Ministry of Home Affairs concerning budgeting mechanisms and contractual arrangements.