Tanah Abang traffic clears as project canceled<\/p>\n
Bambang Nurbianto
\nThe Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
Motorists will soon spend less time in a traffic snarls along Jl.
\nKebon Jati and Jl. Fachruddin in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, as
\nthe administration has decided to cancel the construction of new
\nkiosks for 3,000 traders who lost theirs in a 2002 fire.<\/p>\n
Currently, due to the construction, the developer had closed
\nthree of four lanes of the road late last year.<\/p>\n
Apart from that, the roads are now still occupied by several
\nstreet traders and goat traders and are often used as parking the
\ntraders and visitors of the market, the largest textile market in
\nSoutheast Asia.<\/p>\n
Motorists usually take between 30 minutes to one hour to pass
\nthrough Jl. Kebon Jati in peak hours.<\/p>\n
Concrete blocks were still seen on the two roads, but,
\naccording to city market operator PD Pasar Jaya president
\ndirector Prabowo Sunirman, they too would be removed by the end
\nof this month.<\/p>\n
"That's good news ... We lose so much time passing this road,"
\nsaid Irfan, 35, a bus driver, told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Initially, Pasar Jaya insisted on building the temporary
\nkiosks for Tanah Abang traders because Blocks B, C, D and E of
\nthe market were considered unsafe after the fire.<\/p>\n
But the plan received strong opposition from the traders,
\nbacked by the city councillors, who suspected foul play in the
\nproject which they feared would raise the kiosk rental fees.<\/p>\n
Prabowo said on Tuesday that the removal of all barriers on
\nJl. Kebon Jati and Jl. Fachruddin would bring back buyers to the
\nmarket.<\/p>\n
He said that the company would not demolish the four blocks of
\nthe market in the near future because the company had not reached
\nan agreement with the traders.<\/p>\n
"We will negotiate again with the traders, but it seems that
\nwe will need more time," he added.<\/p>",
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