Govt Cancels Plan to Take Over Airport Railway Project
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The government said it has dropped plans to take over the train project connecting downtown Jakarta with the Sukarno-Hatta Airport in western tip of Jakarta. Transport Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal said on Monday (29/6) a new contractor, China harbour Indonesia had joined the bidding for the project, prompting the government to scrap its plan.
The government finally met the legal requirements to hold the tender after the Chinese company registered for the tender on June 22nd, to contest with two other contractors, PT Railink (Indonesia) and Mitsui (Japan). The bidding process was delayed three times before for lack of participants.
Some of the contractors who have stated their interest in the 28 kilometers railway connecting the airport and the Dukuh Atas train station in Central Jakarta (near Hotel Indonesia traffic circle) including Alstom (France) and Sumitomo (Japan). But the companies backed down from their bids as the government did not provide enough support for the project.
The project was initially projected to cost around Rp7 trillion but the estimation was brought down to Rp2.2 trillion as the government planned to integrate some part of the existing railway into the new network.
WAHYUDIN FAHMI
The government finally met the legal requirements to hold the tender after the Chinese company registered for the tender on June 22nd, to contest with two other contractors, PT Railink (Indonesia) and Mitsui (Japan). The bidding process was delayed three times before for lack of participants.
Some of the contractors who have stated their interest in the 28 kilometers railway connecting the airport and the Dukuh Atas train station in Central Jakarta (near Hotel Indonesia traffic circle) including Alstom (France) and Sumitomo (Japan). But the companies backed down from their bids as the government did not provide enough support for the project.
The project was initially projected to cost around Rp7 trillion but the estimation was brought down to Rp2.2 trillion as the government planned to integrate some part of the existing railway into the new network.
WAHYUDIN FAHMI