Pulogadung station relocation delayed
Pulogadung station relocation delayed
JAKARTA (JP): A plan to relocate the Pulogadung bus terminal
in East Jakarta has been delayed because the environment impact
analysis (Amdal) on the new location has yet to be completed.
Assistant to the City Secretary Prawoto Danoemihardjo said
yesterday that the environment consultant of the project had not
yet submitted the results of the analysis for the new terminal
which will be located in Pulogebang, East Jakarta.
"We are still waiting for the results so that it enables us to
start the construction of the new terminal," Prawoto told
reporters at City Hall.
Prawoto explained that the relocation plan should be
implemented as soon as possible because Pulogadung is no longer
considered a suitable location for a bus terminal.
Massive traffic jams, he added, are a typical daily occurrence
in the 3.5 hectare terminal. "Therefore the only way to solve
this problem is to relocate it to a new place."
In 1989, the city administration signed a memorandum of
understanding with PT Rodial Error, a private company, to
relocate the terminal, based on the ruilslag (barter) system in
which the developer should provide the land and build the
terminal in Pulogebang and in return have the right to use the
site of Pulogadung terminal for the construction of a shopping
complex.
Modern terminal
The city administration is planning to build a modern terminal
equipped with sophisticated facilities in Pulogebang to
accommodate either city or inter-city buses.
"But this has been hampered because the developer has so far
failed to provide the land needed as there is a dispute between
the developer and residents over the amount of land
compensation," Prawoto said, adding that 10 hectares of land is
needed for the new terminal.
He explained that residents of the new location had demanded
compensation between Rp 75,000 (US$34) and Rp 125,000 per square
meter while the developer was only willing to pay Rp 60,000 per
square meter.
However, Hadjid, the project manager of the company, said that
the company had already appropriated 7.1 square meters of land
required by the city administration and it is the municipality
that has instead failed to provide the additional 2.9 hectares of
land.
"The company is ready to carry out the development of the new
terminal as soon as possible because we have already have the
land, but the city administration has yet to appropriate 2.9
hectares of land as agreed," Hadjid told reporters yesterday.
Prawoto acknowledged it was true that the city administration
should appropriate 2.9 hectares of land, which will be financed
by the city budget. But he refused to go into detail. (yns)