City project to face hitches

City project to face hitches

JAKARTA (JP): The municipality's planned pilot project to do away with fences between various high-rise buildings situated within one city block will face many hitches, a leading city planning expert said.

Uras Siahaan said, "This is because there will be many changes made in the city's planning methods," reported Antara yesterday.

The head of City Supervision and Development of the Municipality, Soeharto, announced on Monday that the main objective of the project, known as the urban design guideline project, was to redesign the area and make it more pedestrian oriented.

He said the project will first be tried on the city block that houses Wisma Antra, the Bangkok Bank building and the new Migas building which is still under construction.

He said eventually the three buildings will not be separated by fences. "This will make it easier for pedestrians in the area to move around."(bas)