Jakarta, June 11 -- Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY), has stressed the need for further study and deliberation on the Java giant sea wall project.

"We are still studying it. We do not want to jump to conclusions because this is a major project," he said on the sidelines of the International Conference on Infrastructure (ICI) 2025 in Jakarta on Wednesday.

In its initial phase, the government plans to build the sea wall along the northern coasts of Jakarta, Banten, and Bekasi. The budget for this first phase-spanning 41 kilometers-is estimated at approximately US$8 billion over the next eight years.

According to AHY, the project aims to mitigate the impacts of f...