Pembangunan Jaya Ancol to reclaim 300 ha coast
Pembangunan Jaya Ancol to reclaim 300 ha coast
JAKARTA (JP): PT Pembangunan Jaya Ancol plans to reclaim 300
hectares of the Ancol coast over the next 10 years to expand its
famed Ancol Dreamland, the company announced yesterday.
Head of the company's real estate bureau, Ridwan Pohan, said
that the first phase of the Rp 500 billion (US$223 million)
project would commence next year. He said 50 hectares would be
reclaimed during the first phase.
"The project will be begun early next year -- as soon as the
city administration issues the permit," Ridwan said, adding that
the first phase would involve reclamation to the west of the
existing recreational complex.
Pohan was speaking at a one-day seminar on land reclamation
held by the local committee of the Brussels-based Association
Internationale des Etudiantes en Sciences et Commerciales.
He said that the city administration, which owns 80 percent of
the company, had given a green light to the project but was still
awaiting the master plan of the land reclamation, which is
expected to be completed in November.
He said the company had already carried out the necessary
environmental impact analysis and that the plan had been approved
by the city's environmental agency.
"The company has fulfilled the requirements set buy the
administration. Besides, we are experienced in land reclamation,"
Ridwan said.
Ridwan said that in the 1960s the company reclaimed swamps in
the Ancol area to establish the 550-hectare Ancol Dreamland.
He said the new project would be divided into three phases.
The first, focused on the western side of the existing complex,
would be used for residential development, he said. The second
phase will be to the east, where the company intends to build a
housing complex and golf course. In the third phase, the company
plans to build an amusement center in the middle of the reclaimed
area.
An executive of the city administration who requested
anonymity said that the management of Ancol Dreamland had been
planning further reclamation along the north coast long before
the city announced its plan to build a waterfront city on
reclaimed land.
The source confirmed that PT Pembangunan Jaya Ancol already
has the principal permit.
"But the city administration has decided to postpone issuing
the operational permit until the master plan for the northern sea
reclamation plan has been finished," said the source.
The city administration intends to gain about 2,500 hectares
of new land from the sea to Jakarta's north for the development
of a new waterfront city. The project is expected to begin early
next year.
The city development board predicts that the project will
require about 200 million cubic meters of fill material, which is
to be taken from the coast of West Java at places including
Tanjung Kait, Pamanukan and Merak, as well as from the Jakarta
bay itself.(yns)