City council insists on public facilities

City council insists on public facilities

JAKARTA (JP): A member of the city council has urged property developer PT Super Progress, which is building a housing complex in the Pangpanggo subdistrict of North Jakarta, to disclose its development plans regarding the construction of public facilities.

Ratih R. Purnami of Commission D, which is responsible for development affairs said: "Transparency is a must, so as to help us prevent any deviations in the construction of the project."

"If the developer is not transparent, who will notice if there are any deviations in the construction of the facilities?" Ratih asked after a meeting with PT Super Progress executives.

Yesterday's meeting was also attended by representatives of the Sunter Environment and Development Supervision Office.

The housing project is being carried out by the developer, at a cost of about Rp 14 billion (US$6.36 million), on a 141,984 square meter plot of land.

Of that area, 15,652 square meters are set aside for the construction of an apartment block, 72,215 square meters for a housing complex, 12,333 square meters for commercial office buildings, 33,748 square meters for the construction of streets and a drainage system and the remaining 8,000 square meters for public facilities, such as school buildings and places of worship.

Work on the project began in 1992 but the developer has yet to disclose what kind of public facilities it proposes to build there.

"They have to be open about their plans regarding the construction of the facilities. We have already asked the developer about this but the company always replies that the plans are still being processed," Ratih said.

The project, which is being carried out in cooperation with the city administration, is 47.7 percent complete and is expected to be wholly finished by the end of this year.

The apartments will be used to accommodate guests of the city administration during visits to the capital. (31)