Team to be set up to analyze terminal project

Team to be set up to analyze terminal project

JAKARTA (JP): City Governor Sutiyoso said on Friday that he
would set up a team to analyze a plan to build a new bus terminal
in Pulo Gebang, East Jakarta.

"The team will suggest which of three plots of land being
proposed by city councillors is the best," Sutiyoso said.

One plot of land is owned by state-owned developer Perumnas
and is being debated by councillors of City Council Commission A
and Commission D, while the other two belong to a private company
and local residents in the Pulo Gebang subdistrict. Each plot
averages 10 hectares in area.

Sutiyoso said development of the terminal should be started
this year since it was allocated funds in the 2001 city budget.

The city administration, he said, had allocated some Rp 40
billion (US$4.71 million) for 10 hectares of land for the bus
terminal.

The land is being debated by councillors of City Council
Commission A for administration, security and public order,
government affairs and Commission D for public works, development
and environmental affairs.

Commission A suggested that the city administration buy the
land belonging to Perumnas because of its authentic papers.

Meanwhile, Commission D urged the city not to buy the land
since it was a swamp area and would need a lot of money to
develop.

Separately, Commission A councillor Posman Siahaan denied that
the councillors from the two commissions were fighting for the
project.

"It's because our jobs are different, so it seems like we are
fighting," Posman of the Unity and Justice Party said.

The Pulo Gebang terminal is scheduled to replace the
overcrowded Pulo Gadung bus terminal, which is also located in
East Jakarta. (jun)