Senayan regreening to cost Rp 20 billion<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The Bung Karno sports complex management (BP GBK) will begin the
\nregreening of the complex's eastern parking lot in Senayan,
\nCentral Jakarta next month, at a cost of Rp 20 billion (US$2.36
\nmillion).<\/p>\n
BP GBK's director for infrastructure affairs Makdar said on
\nWednesday that the project would be completed within eight
\nmonths.<\/p>\n
\"Tender of the project is still underway now. We expect that
\nthe project will commence in the middle of next month, or by the
\nend of the month at the latest,\" Makdar told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
He said the project would involve removing the asphalt from
\nthe 80,000 square meter parking lot and paving it, the
\nestablishment of 80 artisan wells, fencing and the planting of
\n500,000 trees.<\/p>\n
BP GBK now manages some 279 hectares of land in the Senayan
\narea, which was originally allocated for sporting activities and
\nwas hoped to serve as the \"lungs\" of the city. But a number of
\ncommercial centers have been built in the vicinity of the sports
\ncomplex.<\/p>\n
Among the commercial buildings are Plaza Senayan, the Jakarta
\nConvention Center, the Hilton Hotel, the Mulia Hotel, Ratu Plaza,
\nand the Panin Bank building.<\/p>\n
A number of environmentalists earlier expressed concern over
\nthe use of land in Senayan.<\/p>\n
Governor Sutiyoso, whose administration was involved in a
\ndispute with the State Secretariat, said previously that BP GBK
\nhad stolen his idea (the regreening project).<\/p>\n
The dispute between the city administration and the secretary
\nof state -- which controls the BP GBK -- was sparked by
\nSutiyoso's wish to manage the sports complex.<\/p>\n
The governor said that the administration should control the
\ncomplex as this was in line with the implementation of regional
\nautonomy.<\/p>\n
The State Secretariat, however, argued that it should control
\nthe complex because it was part of the national heritage.<\/p>",
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