Bali’s Kuta Beach To Get Makeover As Popular Resort Welcomes New Generation Of Holidaymakers 

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Bali’s Kuta Beach is perhaps the most famous beach resort in all of Indonesia. As one of Bali’s oldest tourist hangouts, Kuta Beach has been in need of some serious renovation works over the last few years.

Leaders are also investing huge sums of money in creating new breakwaters to prevent further erosion of the resort’s popular shoreline.

A series of new breakwaters is to be constructed along Bali’s Kuta Beach. The ongoing project gained significant momentum in January, and now, as the high travel season is underway in Bali, leaders are evaluating where further enhancements are needed to benefit the Bali community, tourists, and the local landscape. 

The Head of Kuta Traditional Village, Komang Alit Ardana, has confirmed to reporters that a proposal has been submitted to construct yet more breakwaters in the Kuta Beach area to help protect the shoreline from further abrasion.

Ardana shared, “We have proposed it for a long time, but it has only just been recorded, now we are emphasizing it. We proposed the two additional breakwaters in front of the Tsunami Shelter and in front of the Kuta Beach Task Force office.”

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“We proposed this breakwater to reduce the pressure of the current. This is an important answer that can break the waves, so that abrasion will not occur.”

The idea has, in fact, been on the table since 2006; however, over the years, the prospect of building a breakwater in the centre of Kuta Beach, not only in the section of coast between the border with Jimbaran and Discovery Mall, has been discussed. One issue has been garnering support from local fishermen who have long raised concerns that the development of a breakwater would impact their work. 

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Ardana explained, “The fishermen had misunderstood because [they thought] if there was this breakwater, they could not go to sea. This does not affect the fishermen’s activities, so there is still space for boats to dock and go to sea. At the last meeting, the fishermen just realized this, and they agreed because this breakwater has space.”

More meetings will be held in July, and a decision will be made in due course. 

It is not only the breakwaters that are changing the face of Kuta Beach, preserving the stretch of coastline for this generation of tourists and those to come. The Badung Regency Government has confirmed that it will be making additional infrastructural improvements to enhance tourists’ comfort and safety in Kuta. 

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The Head of Highways Division of Public Works and Spatial Planning Agency (PUPR) Badung, I Gusti Ngurah Made Suardika, told reporters that sidewalks throughout Kuta will be widened, that shaded areas will be created, better street lighting installed, and improved management of unsightly overhead cables. 

Initial plans show that 1.3 – 1.5km of sidewalk along Jalan Pantai Kuta between Hard Rock Bali and the Pullman Hotel will be widened.

There will also be new street lights installed to help improve public safety in the popular resort area, and trees will be planted along the stretch of sidewalk to provide shade for the public during the day.

Suardika added, “We have prepared this utility box to accommodate the fiber optic cables that are currently still lying in the air, so that everything can be moved underground. That way, this area will look neater.”

Bali Police are also working to make Kuta safer for tourists. Regular patrols of the area help reduce the risk of crime, and over the weekend, traffic police conducted a series of spot checks on drivers in the Kuta area. Officers recorded 28 violations in just two hours, ranging from drivers not wearing helmets to driving unlicensed vehicles, and others were caught driving motorcycles with illegally modified exhausts. 

The Head of Traffic Unit of Denpasar Police, AKP Yusuf Dwi Admodjo, told reporters, “This activity is also to anticipate illegal racing and tracks along the by-pass route, as well as raise awareness of the dangers of illegal racing.”

He added, “We always appeal to the public to continue to obey the applicable rules and be careful when driving for the sake of security, comfort, and traffic safety.”