235 houses to be demolished

235 houses to be demolished

JAKARTA (JP): As many as 235 houses along the Kebon Jeruk toll
road in West Jakarta will be demolished soon to make way for a
road construction project, an official says.

Project manager Hidayat Alamsyah said on Tuesday that the
local administration had provided compensation to all the
affected residents last week.

"The construction work will start as soon as the houses have
been removed," he told reporters. He added that no residents had
raised objections regarding the compensation paid.

The land has been appropriated to make way for a widening of
Jl. Arjuna. According to Hidayat, the administration spent Rp 970
million (US$433,000) on the land appropriation.

The compensation paid to individual land-holders ranged
between Rp 60,000 and Rp 425,000, Hidayat said. (pan)