Medan, N Sumatra (ANTARA News) - State Enterprises Minister Sofyan Djalil said the first phase of the Kuala Namu airport project in Medan, North Sumatra, costing Rp1.3 trillion, will be ready for operation in September 2009.
"The construction of Kuala Namu airport will be completed according to schedule. We even hope the schedule can be sped up," he said after a working visit together with Transportation Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal to Tanjung Morawa, Deli Serdang District, North Sumatra, on Friday.
State enterprises adhered to the principle of always doing the best for the nation and the state, he said. Therefore, land belonging to state plantation company PT Perkebunan Nusantra II might be used for construction of access roads to the airport.
The Kuala Namu airport complex would stand on 2,365 hectares of land but implementation of part of the project was still being hampered by a land clearance problem as some 63 families were still living on land needed for the project.
Hopefully, Deli Serdang district administration can solve this problem to let the construction of the airport run unhampered, he said.
In the meantime, the district development planning agency`s chief, Irman DJ Oemar, said his office had already paid compensation money to the 63 families.
"If they continue to stay there and do not want to move to other location, we have to use a legal mechanism," he said.
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