City to build new bus terminal

City to build new bus terminal

JAKARTA: The city administration will start the building of
the Pulo Gebang bus terminal in 2004 after completing the
clearance of a total of 10.9 hectares of land, an official said
on Thursday.

"From the whole area needed for the construction, only 1.9
hectares of land have not yet been released by their owners,"
Lukman Hakim, the senior official at the East Jakarta mayoralty
administration, was quoted by Tempo News Room as saying.

He said the budget of Rp 13 billion (US$1.56 million) has been
alloted for the project, adding that the money was enough to buy
land for the bus terminal construction.

The residents were offered compensation of between Rp 360,000
and Rp 464,000 per square meter for their land.

"The offered compensation similar to market prices of land
there. But the residents asked for higher prices, so we will
negotiate this matter later this month," Lukman said.

The bus terminal is designed to replace the Pulo Gadung bus
terminal, which can no longer accommodate all buses and other
public transportation vehicles. --JP