Benoa-Nusa Dua Toll

Will the new toll damage mangrove forests? 

According to beritabali.com news The Indonesia Forum for Environment (Walhi) Bali, member of Friends of Earth. Bali's governor urged the Governor to revoke a decision about the feasibility of the development environment on Water Street (JDP) that connects the Nusa Dua, Benoa, Bali's Ngurah Rai. insistence is based on the premise that the implementation of highway construction Nusa Dua, Bali's Ngurah Rai-Benoa was not in accordance with the design early in the EIA document. Was delivered by the activists urging Walhi Bali while performing a demonstration at the Home Office of the Governor of Bali Renon, (15/08/2012). Deputy Director of Walhi Bali Suriadi Darmoko say, for the purpose of installation of piles peyangga JDP, executor of the project has made ​​use of limestone reaching pengurugan total length of about 3 kilometers, with the ability to bear the load reaches a maximum of 70 tonnes. Installation of a long pole when it should be done with the help of a pontoon boat. "PT Jasa Marga and the project has to consciously make the destruction of the environment, so the impact of this activity is the ongoing process of environmental degradation in the forest park on the highway continues south Bali sacrificed, if the plan is built for this is that planning kidding? Why there are no clear studies like this are then pengurugan proceed, "said Darmoko. Suriadi Darmoko Bali Provincial Government hopes conduct an environmental audit of pengurugan that has been done by the project implementers JDP. In addition to the Bali provincial government is also urged to halt construction until the project JDP technical ability to carry out the development as assessed in the EIA that is, without doing pengurugan. According to the plan while implementing the project will install approximately 18,000 piles supporting the highway that connects the Ngurah Rai Airport, Benoa and Nusa Dua. (MLT)