Gas stations may be added to facilities list<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The City Council supports the municipal
\nadministration's plan to include gas stations among the public
\nfacilities developers must provide at housing complexes.<\/p>\n
Bandjar Marpaung, chairman of the council's Commission D in
\ncharge of development affairs, told reporters yesterday that his
\ncommission supports the plan after learning that high land prices
\nhinder the construction of gas stations in strategic locations.<\/p>\n
The plan was revealed by assistant to the city secretary,
\nPrawoto Danoemihardjo, during a hearing between members of the
\ncommission and representatives of the city gas station owners
\nassociation.<\/p>\n
Prawoto said that the plan was made to help meet the steadily
\nrising demand for gas stations across the capital.<\/p>\n
Bandjar said after the meeting that one of the best ways to
\nsettle the shortage of gas stations is to require real estate
\ndevelopers to build gas stations in their housing complexes.<\/p>\n
\"Requiring the developers to build gas stations will benefit
\nthe residents of the complexes,\" Bandjar said.<\/p>\n
Data at the state oil company, Pertamina, indicate that the
\nnumber of gas stations in operation throughout the city reaches
\n153, far from the ideal number of 284. Of the 153 gas stations,
\n38 are located in areas designated for greenery.<\/p>\n
The city administration is currently striving to relocate 10
\nof those 38 gas stations in order to develop parks and other
\ngreen areas in their place.<\/p>\n
\"The relocation program is aimed at increasing the total area
\nof greenery, which functions as the city's lungs,\" Bandjar said.<\/p>\n
Ideally, 30 percent of the city's total area of 65,000
\nhectares should be set aside for green areas, of which 10 percent
\nare to be parks.<\/p>\n
The gas stations to be relocated include those on Jl. Musi,
\nJl. Hayam Wuruk, Jl. Tanah Abang Timur and Jl. Lap. Banteng.<\/p>\n
However, due to difficulty in searching for land for the
\nrelocation program, the city administration has decided to
\npostpone it, Bandjar said.<\/p>\n
The gas stations owners have been allowed to extend their land
\nuse contracts until the city administration feels it is time to
\nrelocate the stations.<\/p>\n
\"The owners can extend the contract every year,\" Bandjar said.<\/p>\n
He said the commission also supports the decision to postpone
\nthe relocation program.<\/p>\n
However, the commission urged the city administration to
\nrequire the owners to pay additional fees for the extension of
\ntheir permits.<\/p>\n
\"It is fair to ask the owners to pay additional fees because
\nthat can increase city revenues,\" Bandjar said. (yns)<\/p>",
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