Governor wants details of Manggarai project

Governor wants details of Manggarai project

JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja has urged the
consortium developing a modern integrated terminal in Manggarai,
South Jakarta, and the Ministry of Transportation to hand over
the details of the project to the city administration.

"The city administration needs the details of the project so
we can give suggestions to the consortium and make sure that the
project is in line with city planning," Surjadi told reporters
yesterday.

The project, he said, should be integrated with the city
planning. He said the city administration could offer suggestions
after closely studying and reviewing the details of the plan.

Surjadi also said that the city administration needs to know
the details of the project because it is impossible to build the
huge terminal without suggestions from the administration.

The governor added that so far the city administration has not
received details of the project either from the consortium or the
Ministry of Transportation.

The consortium, made up of seven companies: PT Bandar Mardi
Perkasa, PT Cahaya Cipta Adicemerlang, PT Citra Agratama Persada,
PT Mitraguna Tribhakti, PT Pembangunan Jaya, PT Sekar Artha
Sentosa and PT Suhamthabie Utama, plans to build the integrated
terminal in Manggarai, South Jakarta.

The US$285 million terminal will consist of a railway station
with 22 railway tracks at street level; four underground express
railway tracks; an inter-city bus terminal able to accommodate
3,600 buses per day; a city bus terminal with a capacity of 5,760
buses per day; a taxi terminal and several hotels.

Completion

The project, which is expected to be completed by the year
2006, will cover a total area of 126 hectares, of which 72
hectares are owned by the state-run railway company, Perumka, and
the remaining 52 hectares belong to local residents.

Surjadi also said that the most important factor in
implementing the project is arranging compensation for the land
which has to be appropriated to make way for the project.

"Compensation for the land is a very sensitive matter and the
consortium should settle it completely," Surjadi said.

Last week the governor announced that a public presentation on
the project, which will explain the areas to be affected by the
project, would be held as soon as the details of the design had
been worked out. The residents have also asked both the private
consortium developing the terminal and the government to inform
them of the compensation rate and which areas would be cleared
for the project so as to avoid confusion.

When completed, the terminal is expected to be able to
accommodate 6.5 million passengers per day. The project will also
be equipped with business centers and residential sites. (yns)