Mayor requests Rp 21b for land for bus terminal<\/p>\n
Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The East Jakarta administration has proposed that Rp 21 billion
\n(US$2.26 million) for land acquisition for the construction of
\nthe Pulo Gebang bus terminal in East Jakarta be included in its
\nrevised budget for 2004.<\/p>\n
\"I have proposed additional funds of Rp 21 billion to the
\ngovernor for the procurement of some 1.8 hectares of land for the
\nterminal construction. The land is owned by locals. The governor
\nand councillors will have the final say on the proposal,\" East
\nJakarta Mayor Koesnan Abdul Halim said on Thursday after a
\nhearing with City Council Commission D for development affairs.<\/p>\n
He explained his administration had spent Rp 41.53 billion to
\nacquire 9.08 hectares of land for the terminal. He denied reports
\nthat his administration had spent Rp 60 billion instead.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Transportation Agency head Rustam Effendy Sidabutar
\ncalled on the mayor to continue negotiating with landowners so
\nthe acquisition could be completed this year.<\/p>\n
The agency has prepared an alternative design should the
\nnegotiation reached a deadlock. The landowners have been
\ndemanding higher prices than the Taxable Value of the Property
\n(NJOP).<\/p>\n
\"Construction must start next year, with or without the
\nremaining 1.8 hectares of land,\" Rustam said. The alternative
\ndesign would see a change in the position of the terminal gates.<\/p>\n
According to Rustam, the agency has spent Rp 6.2 billion on
\npreparations for the project, including fencing the land, the
\ndesign and extra soil for the site.<\/p>\n
The administration issued gubernatorial decree No. 1792\/1990
\nto clear 7.1 hectares of land for the construction of the new
\nterminal -- the biggest in Southeast Asia -- to replace the
\nexisting Pulogadung bus terminal in East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The decree was revised in 2001 with gubernatorial decree No.
\n2297\/2001 that requires the administration to clear 10.9 hectares
\nof land for the terminal.<\/p>\n
Rustam said the design included a two-story terminal building
\nand a four-story shopping mall connecting the intercity and
\ninner-city bus terminals.<\/p>\n
The bus terminal was supposed to have been operational in
\n2001, to replace the overcrowded Pulogadung terminal. The planned
\nterminal would accommodate 1,400 buses per day. It would be
\nlarger than Pulogadung terminal, which is notorious for thuggery
\ntargeting passengers.<\/p>\n
Rustam said earlier the terminal construction, worth RP 200
\nbillion (US$22.7 million), would directly connect the terminal
\nwith the toll road.<\/p>",
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