Giant railway project in Kalimantan to be completed 2002

The development of railroad connecting three regencies in South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and East Kalimantan provinces was expected to be completed in 2002, the Banjarmasin Post daily reported Wednesday.

?The railroad project which will connect three regencies ? will be completed in 2002,? said Tabalong Regent Noor Aidi.

The railroad, which would also help improve coal transportation in the areas, will link Tabalong-Pasir-Basel regencies which are often called the golden triangle in the Kalimantan region.

The paper also quoted Noor as saying that the three regent administrations would form a joint venture with private investors to develop the mega project.

He said that the three regent administrations would issue a joint decree for the project to ensure legal and security certainty.

Noor said that the railroad project would be constructed by experts from Australia and Germany.(*)