Bids for coast reclamation project to be offered in March
Bids for coast reclamation project to be offered in March
JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will start offering
parts of the 35-kilometer land reclamation project to local and
foreign developers next month, Governor Surjadi Soedirdja says.
Speaking at a hearing with the House of Representatives'
Commission X yesterday, Surjadi said that the project will be
part of the reclamation of the north shore, from Pluit to
Cilincing.
"The detailed list of the operations up for tender has yet to
be completed. A breakdown is in the pipeline," he said, adding
that the administration should make sure the work is carried out
properly.
"Who will own the new reclaimed land, how much the developers
must pay the city administration, and the conditions of the
environmental impact analysis must all be made legally clear," he
said.
There will be many contractors on this project, he confirmed,
but refused to be pinned down to any specific figure for the
value of the project.
Last year, the city council approved the provincial decree on
land reclamation after a private developer, PT Manggala Karya
Yudha, which belongs to President Soeharto's youngest daughter
Siti Hutami Endang Adiningsih, started reclaiming a total of 500
hectares in east Ancol, North Jakarta.
According to the map, the ongoing project is also part of the
Pluit-Cilincing line.
The ongoing project has pros and cons. Many experts, including
former deputy governor, Bunyamin Ramto, criticized the project,
saying that this reclamation would result in floods in Jakarta.
Land scarcity
In a bid to deal with land scarcity the administration plans
to add 2,700 hectares of land by reclaiming land off north
Jakarta.
The waterfront or the reclaimed area will be split according
to use, with 1,222 hectares earmarked for residential areas, 88
hectares for businesses, 426 hectares as a combination of
industrial estate and business center areas, 37 hectares for
green areas, 420 hectares for mangrove forest, 136 hectares for
port and industrial areas and 371 hectares for general
facilities.
The waterfront will be divided into three zones: the western
zone (from Pluit to Kamal Muara) will be used as a residential
area extended which is the extension of the existing ones, the
central zone (from Pluit to Koja) will be used as a central
business district, and the eastern zone (from Koja to Cilincing)
will be used as the extension of Tanjung Priok port, business
center and low-cost residential area.
Meanwhile, the commission urged the central government
yesterday to provide Jakarta administration with more money to
overcome flood problems.
Chairman of the hearing Muhammad Muas said that flood problems
will not be resolved without more financial assistance from the
central government.
Governor Surjadi said that due to financial problems the city
administration can only handle 8,170 of the 24,000 hectares of
flood-prone areas.
For example, the development of the flood control system in
East Jakarta was delayed because it lacked the Rp 460 billion to
buy the land. "It's too pricey," he explained.(yns)