3-level transport merely an idea
3-level transport merely an idea
JAKARTA (JP): A three-level transportation recently offered by a private company for the Jakarta transportation network system is not included in city plans for 1985-2005, an official says.
Rusdi Yusuf of the city development planning board said yesterday that the type of transport is merely an idea.
Rusdi said that all transport systems and facilities in Jakarta such as toll roads, outer ring roads and mass rapid transportation must be part of city planning.
Rusdi said that there are several steps before any project is approved. An idea is proposed to the city administration, then a feasibility study is commissioned, then the basic design is outlined before a detailed plan of the project is produced.
The three-level transport system linking Bintaro in South Jakarta to Kota downtown was put forward by a private company to overcome transport problems in the city.
PT Citra Lamtorogung Persada, owned by Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, President Soeharto's eldest daughter, wanted to start the Rp 2.7 trillion (US$1.2 billion) project in 1997.
The system would consist of an artery road on the ground level, an elevated light rail transit track on the second level and a toll road on the top level.
The deputy governor on economic and development affairs, TB. M. Rais, had earlier said that the municipality prefer the underground railway system to the three-level system.
Rais said that the underground transportation system is the most appropriate transport concept for the capital city.
The municipality will begin the construction of the subway in 1997.
The city administration has signed a memorandum of understanding with a private consortium to handle the basic design of the US$1.3 billion project.
The Indonesian investors, led jointly by PT Citra Lamtorogung, also owned by Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, and PT Bakrie Investindo, a subsidiary of Bakrie Group, consist of PT Pembangunan Jaya, PT Lippo, PT Bukaka/PT Kuda Perkasa, PT Suhamthabie and PT Steady Safe. (yns)