Public facilities transfer delayed

Public facilities transfer delayed

TANGERANG: Many developers, especially those that have built
low-cost housing complexes in Tangerang regency, have not
transferred land that is to be provided for public facilities to
the regency administration.

So far, the administration has not taken any action to push
housing developers to submit 30 percent of their total land as
required by a regulation for building public facilities.

In many cases, the administration has refused to accept the
land from other developers, saying that the cost of maintaining
the property would be a burden for them.

In one example, the administration refused to accept a park
and street lights in the Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) housing estate
despite an offer from developer PT BSD.

"We cannot afford the maintenance cost (of the public
facilities) as we don't have any money," Nanang Komara, the chief
of the regency building management and zoning agency, said on
Wednesday.

He added that the administration would only accept the land
from housing developers if residents demanded that the
administration provide public facilities, such as schools, places
of worship, public cemeteries or sport centers.--JP