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)