Angkasa Pura funds roadwork

Angkasa Pura funds roadwork

TANGERANG (JP): PT Angkas Pura II, which manages Soekarno-
Hatta airport, has provided Rp 20 billion (US$200,000) to help
the Tangerang mayoralty administration construct an alternative
access route to the airport.

Tangerang Mayor Mochammad Thamrin said on Thursday the money
would only be used to finance the roadwork.

Thamrin also said developer PT Lencar Sempurna had promised to
provide Rp 4 billion to compensate some 300 families in Neglasari
district who would be affected by the project.

There have been increasing calls for an alternative route to
the international airport. The only current access road to the
airport, Jl. Prof. Sedyatmo, often floods during the rainy
season.

"The airport is one of the entrance gates to our country. It
would be an irony if foreign tourists found their way to and from
the airport blocked," Thamrin said.

A spokesman for the Neglasari residents who will be affected
by construction of the new road, Mochammad Ichsan, demanded
transparency in determining the amount of compensation these
families are to receive.

"We have to be informed about how much money is allocated for
our relocation," Ichsan said. (41)