30 hectares of lakes built in BSD

30 hectares of lakes built in BSD

TANGERANG (JP): Lakes covering a total area of 30 hectares
will be built at the Bumi Serpong Damai satellite city in
Tangerang.

Johanes Luntungan, a spokesman for Bumi Serpong Damai, said
the establishment of the lakes is aimed at creating water
catchments to anticipate the danger of floods and at the same
time supporting the creation of a residential area linked to
environment preservation.

"The lakes will be scattered in a number of sectors whose
areas are being developed," he said, adding their locations are
designed in such a way that as well as functioning as water
catchments they can also be used as recreation sites for nearby
residents.

He said that in order to help reduce the danger of flooding,
the complex will also be equipped with gutters, with a total
length of 116,384 meters and 5,879 meters of main drainage
ditches.

Luntungan said that out of 6,000 hectares earmarked for the
construction of the housing complex, 934 hectares have so far
been developed.

"As of September, the developer has built over 7,000 houses of
the 70-square-meter type, 1,182 houses of the 71 to 249-square-
meter types and 721 houses of the 250-square-meter type," he
said.

He said the developer is currently offering 350 plots of land
for luxurious houses near its golf course, ranging from 500 to
900 square meters.

At this stage the developer is only selling plots of lands.
The construction, including design and landscaping, is up to the
buyer, he added. (13/hhr)