Residents, traders reject overpass plan

Residents, traders reject overpass plan

TANGERANG: Residents, Ciputat Market traders and local
businesses in Tangerang have rejected a plan to construct an
overpass to cope with the chronic traffic congestion in the busy
district.

"An overpass is not the solution. The traffic jams are mainly
caused by the absence of a nearby bus terminal, reckless drivers
and the high number of sidewalk vendors who take up half of the
road," Marsidang Sihombing of the Association of Traders and Land
Owners (PPPT) told Detikcom on Monday.

The association has 120 members consisting of traders and
landowners along Jl. Ir. Juanda and Jl. Dewi Sartika.

The PPPT also complained over the administration's proposed
compensation of Rp 750,000 (US$86) per square meter, much lower
than the taxable value of property in the area, about Rp 2
million per square meter. -- JP