Roads, transport, water, waste, energy, flooding. Bali news for property investors with a takeaway for villa owners.
Danantara chief investment officer Pandu Sjahrir said on 26 October 2026 that the waste-to-energy plant (PSEL) in Greater Denpasar is about 20% built. Operations are targeted for the first half of 2028.
After a ceremony confirming its new board, the traditional village of Pecatu (Desa Adat Pecatu) in southern Badung has stepped up traffic management around Uluwatu Temple. Congestion there regularly builds after the Kecak dance performance ends, so the move matters to residents and property owners in the area.
Bali's power system can currently supply 1,678 megawatts, while peak demand reached 1,379 megawatts. A PLN representative in Bali said so on 23 October 2026, adding that a spare margin does not by itself rule out outages.
The Badung regency government is preparing to increase the capital of its municipal water company, Tirta Mangutama, to close a water shortage in Kuta Selatan. The head of the local legislature said so on 23 October 2026, and it matters to anyone who owns or plans to buy a villa in the south of the Bukit peninsula.
Bali Governor Wayan Koster on 19 October 2026 extended the odd-even licence plate rule for buying fuel at petrol stations to Friday 23 October. He did so as queues at some stations began to ease, while Pertamina's data show Bali stocks covering between 5 and 11 days depending on the fuel type.
Pertamina said on October 17, 2026 that queues at Bali fuel stations are gradually easing after an odd-even licence plate rule for pertalite sales was introduced. The same day, Governor Wayan Koster asked regents and mayors to set up task forces that monitor subsidised fuel sales.
Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan said in Denpasar on October 15, 2026, that he hopes Bali's waste-to-power plant will start up in 2027. The project is designed for 1,500 tons of waste a day, but the start date is still only a ministerial hope.
On October 15, 2026, Pertamina Patra Niaga sent four tanker trucks from Banyuwangi to Bali and announced deliveries of 44.9 million liters of Pertalite and 13 million liters of Pertamax between October 14 and 17. Queues at the island's fuel stations continued, including near Ngurah Rai airport.
Gianyar regency, home to Ubud, plans to spend Rp 155.4 billion on road building and repair in its 2027 budget. Deputy Regent Anak Agung Gde Mayun said so on 14 October at a plenary session of the local legislature.
Petrol stations across Bali ran dry again on 12 October, with queues in Badung lasting into the night and 14 stations in Jembrana left without fuel. Pertamina says three tanker arrivals by 16 October will restore supply, but the disruption has now run for days.
Badung Regent I Wayan Adi Arnawa said on 11 October 2026 that the regency is speeding up a pedestrian project and beach restoration along Kuta, Legian and Seminyak. According to the Ministry of Public Works, erosion affects about 215 km of Bali's 633 km coastline.
Denpasar is rebuilding the historic quarter around Jalan Gajah Mada, restricting large buses and trucks, tidying roadside parking and widening pavements. After flooding in September 2025, the Bali capital wants its old trading centre to become a walkable hub for cultural tourism and small business.
Indonesia is positioning the Kura Kura Bali special economic zone as a base for AI, semiconductor and quantum research with Chinese partners. Officials made the case on 4 October 2026 at a China and Southeast Asia forum on higher education and industry held inside the zone.
Bali Governor Wayan Koster on October 10, 2026, publicly told Badung Regent Wayan Adi Arnawa to make water supply in Kuta Selatan a priority, after residents went a week without piped water. The regent responded with a two-track plan, wastewater recycling and seawater desalination with Pecatu named as the most suitable site, but gave no timeline.
Bali had 17,725 electric cars and motorbikes on the road by October 2026, state utility PLN said in Denpasar. The fleet has grown by roughly 3,700 units since March, and PLN is inviting private investors to build charging stations.
Bali's provincial farming agency has identified roughly 328,000 hectares of agricultural land exposed to drought and has about 50 water pumps on standby. The move follows a BMKG forecast that the island's rainy season will not arrive until November or December 2026.
Benoa port in Denpasar welcomed the first cruise ship of the 2026/2027 season on October 8, 2026, after merging its passenger services into one system. Cruise traffic to Bali is rising. The port handled 140,000 foreign visitors in 2025, up from 107,717 a year earlier.
WRI Indonesia told a climate workshop in Denpasar on 7 October 2026 that Sanur has strong potential as a pilot low emission zone in Bali. Transport accounts for about 41% of the province's emissions, and the island already has around 5.2 million vehicles.
Energy think tank IESR said in Denpasar on 7 October that faster rollout of rooftop solar is a strategic way to speed Bali toward its 2045 net zero target. Renewables supply about 1.5% of the island's electricity, and the national rooftop quota is snapped up as soon as it opens.
Tibubeneng village in North Kuta has drawn up a design to move utility networks underground along residential streets and narrow lanes. Its own budget falls short, so the village is looking for a private investor.
Clean water shortages in Pecatu on the Bukit have lasted for years, not just in the dry season. A 5,000-litre tanker load has risen from Rp 250,000 to about Rp 300,000, and up to Rp 400,000 in remote spots.
Denpasar authorities are dredging rivers and drains to cut flood risk. They aim to finish by the end of October 2026.
The environment minister toured a pyrolysis site in Klungkung that turns garbage into fuel and briquettes. Copying the model elsewhere is only under discussion, and the plant has no regular buyer yet.
Badung's water utility has finished an undersea pipeline for Nusa Dua and the east of the regency. Commissioning is on hold because there is not enough raw water to run the test.
Environmental group PPLH Bali has found trucks bringing mixed waste to Suwung landfill on days reserved for organic waste only. It wants Denpasar to build a dedicated organic processing site.
Parts of the Bukit peninsula, from Nusa Dua to Pecatu and Jimbaran, went without piped water for up to a week. A long drought and a short circuit in the main pump at a water treatment plant were to blame.
State railway company KAI has signed a five-year memorandum to prepare a rail line between Canggu and Ngurah Rai airport. LRT (light rail) and an electric tram are both on the table, while the island's subway project remains stalled.
The Bali government has begun delivering water by tanker to villages that ran dry during a prolonged dry season. By mid-August 2026 the drought affected 529 families.
President Prabowo Subianto has asked for the North Bali airport project in Kubutambahan to be accelerated. Its backers say it will handle wide-body jets, but construction has not yet begun.
Governor Wayan Koster said hotels, restaurants, villas and offices in five tourism zones, including Ubud, must install rooftop solar panels. No regulation number or deadline has been published yet.
Gianyar regency will spend Rp 189.8 billion on 36 packages of district road repairs in 2026. About 19% of the network, or 108 km, is currently damaged.
Construction of PSEL, a plant that burns waste to generate electricity for Denpasar and Badung, began on 8 July 2026. Full operation is targeted for late 2027, so waste disposal in south Bali stays tight until then.
InJourney Airports is continuing its development programme at Bali's Ngurah Rai airport in 2026. The goal is to lift terminal capacity to 32 million passengers a year.
Indonesia's Environment Ministry and the Bali government declared that from 1 July 2026 waste must be separated at source in homes, markets, hotels and offices. The Suwung landfill keeps operating and remains under heavy load.
Badung Regency has secured Rp 2.9 trillion in loans for road projects in its tourist areas. The new roads are meant to relieve the routes to Uluwatu and Canggu, and some works are already under way.
Badung Regency is preparing a new traffic scheme for six congested junctions in Pecatu on the road to Uluwatu. A trial was planned to start on 1 June 2026.
Bali Governor Wayan Koster told hotels, restaurants and cafes in Denpasar to process their own waste instead of handing it to haulers for the landfill. He tied the demand to closing the Suwung landfill.
Indonesia's Public Works Ministry plans to re-tender the Gilimanuk-Mengwi toll road in 2027, with operations expected in 2031. It would be Bali's longest toll road and would reshape access to the island's west coast.
Indonesia's Transport Ministry plans to start building water taxi infrastructure between Ngurah Rai airport and Canggu in August 2026. The promised trip is about 30 minutes, compared with one to two hours by road.
Three days of heavy storms caused flooding and fallen trees at 76 locations across Bali, 36 of them in Denpasar. Water stood 30 to 80 cm deep in streets and residential areas.
The central government plans a 200-tonne-a-day waste processing facility at the Temesi landfill in Gianyar. Organic waste will be turned into compost.
Bali Governor Wayan Koster announced the start of works on shortcut points 9 and 10 of the Singaraja-Mengwitani road in Gitgit village. The budget exceeds Rp 700 billion and the works are expected to take about two years.
Bali is setting up a provincial enterprise, Perumda Kerta Bhawana Sanjiwani, to sell bulk water to local PDAM utilities. Its first targets include south Badung from Jimbaran down to Pecatu.
Benoa port operator Pelindo expects 73 cruise ship calls in 2026. It plans to extend the berth from 500 to 1,300 metres so four liners can dock at once.
After the floods of 10 September 2025, Governor Wayan Koster declared a moratorium on converting productive farmland to commercial use. New hotels and restaurants on rice fields fall under the restriction.
A Bali parliament committee found 106 land parcels with certificates issued inside the protected Tahura Ngurah Rai mangrove forest. It also found buildings narrowing rivers in Denpasar.
The underpass at the Udayana University campus junction in Jimbaran will be fully funded by the central government. The Rp 350 billion project aims to ease one of the busiest intersections in South Bali.
Bali's transport agency has begun trialling an electric bus on a route from Kuta through Ngurah Rai airport to Nusa Dua. The province wants all its buses to be electric by 2028.
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