Chaotic Senen area to get makeover in December
Chaotic Senen area to get makeover in December
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
As part of efforts to organize the chaotic and overcrowded Senen
traditional market in Central Jakarta, the Jakarta administration
plans to start renovating the market in December.
"If we manage to complete all the required permits for the
development of the market, we could start renovating it by the
end of this year," city market operator PD Pasar Jaya director
Prabowo Soenirman told a hearing on Wednesday with City Council
Commission D, which oversees development affairs.
Pasar Jaya, which controls 151 traditional markets across the
capital, owns two blocks out of a total of six blocks in the
market. The other four blocks belong to city-owned developers PT
Pembangunan Jaya and PT Jaya Property.
Prabowo said that the Senen City Project would be finished in
two years.
"The objective of the renovation work is to revitalize the
market that was very popular in the past as a center of trade in
the capital," he asserted.
According to him, the Senen City Project would be integrated
with the Senen bus terminal and railway station.
"We will cooperate with state railway company PT KAI and the
Jakarta Transportation Agency to discuss the integration between
the shopping center and the existing bus terminal and railway
station there," he added.
The administration, however, has not estimated the cost of the
project.
However, the three city companies signed a Memorandum of
Understanding on March 16 for the project.
The Central Jakarta municipality has prioritized the
renovation of Senen market and Tanah Abang market as its
development projects this year.
Senen is one of the oldest traditional markets in the city.
The country's founding president Sukarno ordered the renovation
of the market in 1961.
The market, however, is now more known for its overcrowded bus
terminal and street vendors who occupy most of the sidewalks and
sides of the road in the area.
PD Pasar Jaya also plans to start the renovation of the Tanah
Abang textile market after Idul Fitri early in November following
a prolonged dispute with traders.