Cileduk underpass to be built in 2006

TANGERANG: The administration is set to build an underpass at the crowded Cileduk intersection next year.

"We expect the land acquisition to be completed in December," Mayor Wahidin Halim told The Jakarta Post on Friday.

He said the Rp 60 billion project to construct a 350-meter underpass would be financed through a foreign loan.

According to Public Works Agency head Engkan Lengkana the municipality had allocated Rp 15 billion from its 2005 budget for the project.

"The underpass is crucial to anticipate increased traffic volume, especially around the Cileduk intersection within the next five years," Engkan said. -- JP