Busway project shelters started

Busway project shelters started

JAKARTA: The construction of eight of 29 bus shelters for the
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), or busway, project began on Friday, said
head of the City Transportation Agency Rustam Effendi.

The eight shelters are located along Jl. Sisingamangaraja,
South Jakarta, and Jl. Jend. Sudirman, Central Jakarta.

Rustam said that completion of the construction was expected
in December.

Other construction projects for the busway include median
strips, footbridges and traffic lights.

The assistant to the city secretary for development affairs
previously announced that the first busway corridor, from Blok M,
South Jakarta, to Kota, Central Jakarta, would be inaugurated
next January.

The project, costing some Rp 117 billion (US$13.76 million)
was first introduced in 2001; its opening has been delayed
several times. -- JP