The tram line from the airport to Canggu will be laid on vacant state-owned land, Bali Governor Wayan Koster has given assurances. This was his response to critics of the project.
Among them are environmentalists from WALHI in Bali. They suggest that residents' plots, rice fields, coastal areas and village community land could be taken for the tracks, as the 12-kilometre line will run through the densely built-up south of the island.
The organisation says it will decide whether to support or oppose the project once it has seen the route and the environmental impact assessment. According to the environmentalists, the authorities have so far published neither.
The railway company KAI, which will carry out the construction, hopes to start work in early 2027. A year to a year and a half is allotted for the section from the airport to Legian, and the same again for the extension to Canggu.
KAI has already surveyed the area and promises to settle on the route within two to three weeks. In late October, the governor said the authorities were working out which land along the future line is state-owned and which will have to be bought.
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