Rp 17.38b sought to fix median strips

Rp 17.38b sought to fix median strips

JAKARTA: The Jakarta Parks Agency has requested Rp 17.38
billion to rebuild the median strips affected by the development
of new busway projects, but the city planning agency has decided
to only allocate it Rp 12.38 billion out of the 2006 city budget.

"We need to redesign and redo the landscaping along the median
strips and replant the trees felled as part of the new busway
projects," said the agency's director, Sarwo Handhayani.

Handhayani was referring to the nearly-completed second and third
busway corridors stretching from Pulogadung in East Jakarta to
Harmoni in Central Jakarta and from Harmoni to Kalideres in West
Jakarta, as well as four other busway projects slated to be
opened simultaneously next year.

Next year, the administration will start developing new
corridors connecting Pulogadung and Hotel Indonesia in Central
Jakarta, Kampung Melayu in East Jakarta and Ancol in North
Jakarta, Warung Jati/Ragunan in South Jakarta and Imam Bonjol in
Central Jakarta, and Kampung Melayu and Kampung Rambutan in East
Jakarta. -- JP