Jakarta offers seaport, sewage projects at summit
Jakarta offers seaport, sewage projects at summit
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The Jakarta administration will propose several vital projects
during the Infrastructure Summit 2005 here on Jan. 17 and Jan.
18.
"Several projects top the priority list, including a seaport,
tap water and sewage system projects," Jakarta Deputy Governor
Fauzi Bowo said over the weekend.
The development of a new international port in the city is
necessary to help boost the city's revenue, Fauzi said.
He said Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta, which is managed
by state port operator Pelindo II, failed to provide good
services because it was not integrated with other supporting
infrastructure in the city, including roads and a clean water
supply.
Fauzi said the only way to make a port competitive was to
interconnect its infrastructure with supporting infrastructure in
the city.
"We have to try to provide services on the same level as other
ports in Southeast Asia," he said.
The administration and city-owned developer PT Marindo Bahtera
Development have discussed plans to construct a US$500 million
multipurpose port in East Ancol, North Jakarta.
In addition to port infrastructure, Jakarta also is facing
problems providing clean water for about 10 million people in the
city, as most of the pipe network is old and in poor condition.
The city also has been unable to solve its liquid waste
problems given the absence of an integrated sewage system in the
city.
Fauzi said these priority projects would be addressed by
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during the summit.
Governor Sutiyoso said earlier the President had also promised
to bring the development of an ambitious Mass Rapid Transit
system for the capital to the summit.
"The National Development Planning Agency has said that the
subway has been put on its shortlist of projects," said Sutiyoso,
The Jakarta administration and the central government will
jointly finance the US$767 million project beginning next year.