"We have conducted a feasibility study in the area since 2005 and the results of the study suggest that the area is suitable for an airport," Bappeda Chief Deny Juanda said on Sunday.
The airport was designed to support the tourism industry in the southern part of Sukabumi district as well as the agromarine industry, he said.
The project had been put in the long-term development plan of 2005-2025 and the provincial spatial layout plan of 2009-2029, he said.
"The construction of the airport will cost about Rp1.5 trillion, excluding land clearance," he said.
According to him, the development of tourism-oriented airport was inseparable from the Sukabumi district government`s success in conducting large-scale tourism and investment promotion campaigns to develop the region including the agromarine industry.
The airport would no doubt provide easy access to tourist sites in the southern part of Sukabumi district, he said.
Meanwhile, head of the Sukabumi District Development Planning Board Dodi Sumantri said he had been informed of the plan to build the airport at Citarete saying the local authorities were currently improving a number of facilities and infrastructures to support the development of the airport.
(T.SYS/B/S012/B003)
(ANTARA)
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