Jakarta (ANTARA) – President Prabowo Subianto affirmed his determination to initiate the construction of a Giant Sea Wall along Java's northern coast during his administration, noting that the infrastructure project is expected to take up to 20 years to complete.Delivering the Government Statement on the Bill on the 2027 State Budget and Financial Note at the Parliament Complex in Jakarta on Friday, Prabowo announced that the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has produced technological breakthroughs to support the venture.”This Giant Sea Wall project will take 15 to 20 years to complete. This is a long time. I do not know which President will inaugurate it. But I am determined that the Eighth President will begin this project,” Prabowo said.The project is planned to span 15 segments running from Banten Province to Gresik, East Java.The president emphasized that proactive construction is essential to secure the livelihoods of tens of millions of residents living along Java's northern coast before land subsidence and rising sea levels worsen.”Whatever we do, we must have the courage to start. This concerns the livelihoods of tens of millions of our people living along the Java north coast,” he stressed.Drawing parallels to international precedents such as the Netherlands, Prabowo underscored that Indonesia must build protective infrastructure immediately without waiting for disasters to strike.”We must build our Giant Sea Wall on the north coast of Java immediately, and it will become a protective belt for millions of residents, saving tens of thousands of hectares that are already starting to be submerged,” he remarked.In addition to serving as a protective barrier to save submerged coastal land, the Giant Sea Wall is designed to function as clean water infrastructure and a new economic growth corridor for the region.The project is planned to stretch around 500 kilometers from Banten to Gresik in East Java.The total investment value is estimated at around $80 billion, with the initial construction phase in Jakarta Bay projected to cost between $8 billion and $10 billion.