Questioning the monorail

Questioning the monorail

From Bisnis Indonesia

Last month's launch of the monorail project by the Jakarta
administration has prompted much debate among residents.

The question is whether the city administration did its
homework before launching the project or if it just went straight
into the construction. If it did conduct comprehensive research,
it should inform the public of the results of its studies. For
one thing, we have little information on the need for a monorail
system.

We are worried that if the city administration does not inform
the public about its study of the monorail system, complicated
transportation problems will arise and we will then have to pay
an "expensive price".

We hope the monorail project is the last big project that does
not involve the public. In the future, the city administration
should be more transparent in launching vital projects because
they are funded by taxpayers, which means that the public has the
right to know whether or not the city administration is using the
money correctly.

HUSNI HARAHAP

Jakarta