City cancels plan to relocate gas stations<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The administration has canceled its plan to
\nrelocate 33 gas stations from green areas in the city and has
\ndecided to let the gas stations continue operating in the 50,000
\nsquare meters of supposedly green area.<\/p>\n
Hadimartono, the head of the city's traffic management
\ndepartment, said yesterday that the state-owned oil company
\nPertamina had submitted objections to the administration's plan,
\nas had the owners of the gas stations.<\/p>\n
The objections emerged after the administration announced last
\nMarch its plan to relocate three gas stations standing on green
\nareas on Jl. Musi and Jl. Lapangan Banteng, Central Jakarta and
\nJl. Kalibesar Timur, West Jakarta. The three gas stations will be
\nrelocated by the end of this year.<\/p>\n
"Pertamina objects to the relocation of the 33 other gas
\nstations, fearing that the project will disrupt gas supply in the
\ncity. And the owners say their huge investment is behind their
\nobjections," he said.<\/p>\n
As a consequence of the cancellation, the administration will
\nnow ask the owners of the 33 gas stations to additionally offer
\ncompressed natural gas, to help curb pollution in the city.<\/p>\n
Hadimartono said the gas station relocation program is part of
\nthe langit biru (blue sky) project, which along with another
\nscheme is aimed at decreasing air pollution in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
For example, a gas station with four gasoline and diesel fuel
\npumps will be required to make two of them compressed gas pumps.<\/p>\n
He said that providing more gas fuel pumps should promote the
\nuse of the fuel which causes less pollution than gasoline or
\ndiesel.<\/p>\n
Hadimartono said that the use of gas-fueled vehicles has yet
\nto take off among private drivers as they find it difficult to
\nget the fuel.<\/p>\n
"Currently, not all gas stations provide gas," he said, adding
\nthat there are a total of 160 gas stations in the city.<\/p>\n
On account of this only a small number of vehicles, mostly
\ntaxis, run on the fuel.<\/p>\n
The administration has vowed to return green areas used for
\nother purposes to a more natural function. The decision to let
\nthe 33 gas stations remain on the green areas is, therefore,
\nagainst the administration's program to make the city greener.<\/p>\n
Only 10 percent of the city, that covers a total of 65,000
\nhectares now consists of green areas.<\/p>\n
The administration has set itself the target of increasing the
\nsize of the green areas to 19,500 hectares, or 30 percent of the
\ncity. (yns)<\/p>",
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