Busway construction to resume in April

Busway construction to resume in April

JAKARTA: The construction on two new busway corridors will
resume at the end of April, the head of the city's transportation
agency, Rustam Effendy, said on Friday.

Construction of the two corridors -- which run between Pulo
Gadung, East Jakarta, and Harmoni, Central Jakarta, and from
Harmoni to Kalideres, West Jakarta, respectively -- was abruptly
halted in January pending the disbursement of funds from the 2005
city budget.

"We hope to be able to resume work on the busway corridors at
the end of April," said Rustam.

He said the corridors should be in operation by the end of the
year.

City officials originally said the corridors, designed to
alleviate traffic congestion, would open by August. Of 15 busway
corridors planned for completion by 2007, only the Blok M to Kota
corridor is up and running.