Three-tier transit project not in revised urban plan
Three-tier transit project not in revised urban plan
JAKARTA (JP): The widely publicized three-tier transit system
proposal has not been included in the 1985/2010 revised urban
spatial plan for the city.
The megaproject, estimated to cost Rp 6.05 trillion (US$2.58
billion), is due to start construction this year.
Also not included in the plan is the $285 million Manggarai
integrated transport project.
Head of the City's Spatial Plan Agency, Ahmaddin Ahmad, said
the agency had not included the projects because none of them had
handed in proposals.
"If we don't have proposals how can we include them in the new
plan?" Ahmaddin asked after a presentation of the revised spatial
plan at City Hall yesterday.
Two other megaprojects, the reclamation of the northern part
of Jakarta Bay and the $1.5 billion subway project connecting
Blok M in South Jakarta and Kota in West Jakarta, were included
in the new plan.
The proposed three-tier transit system, which will connect
Bintaro in South Jakarta to downtown Kota, is due to be built by
a joint venture company, PT Citramoda Margakencana Persada.
The company consists of PT Citra Lamtoro Gung Persada -- owned
by President Soeharto's eldest daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana
-- state-owned railway company Perumka and state-owned highway
corporation PT Jasa Marga.
Construction work is due to start in Bintaro, South Jakarta in
December and the project is due to be completed by 2001.
The Manggarai integrated transport proposal, which is also
being advanced by Mrs. Rukmana, was first presented to the
President in 1995.
A consortium member said recently that the consortium was
still revising the project's design to reduce the cost.
Under the plan, the existing small terminal in Manggarai would
be turned into a four-story station with 22 tracks, four
underground express trains and an intercity bus terminal.
The new spatial plan has to be approved by Governor Surjadi
Soedirdja, City Council Speaker M.H. Ritonga and Minister of Home
Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. before it becomes official.
The plan also revealed that one third of the city's
groundwater, particularly in North Jakarta, was of the poorest
quality.
"City-owned water company PAM Jaya should overcome the
groundwater problem soon," the head of the City's Mining Agency,
Arifin Akbar, said.
Areas in which the water quality was particularly low included
Cilincing, Kapuk, Muara Karang, Sunter, Tanjung Priok, Kelapa
Gading -- all in North Jakarta; Gambir, Jatinegara, Karet,
Matraman, Petamburan, Senen, Tanah Abang -- in Central Jakarta,
and Pulogadung and Cakung in East Jakarta.
The areas need 250 injection wells, which replenish
groundwater, and 30,000 ground wells.
The new plans also show new industrial areas in East, North
and West Jakarta.
In Cakung, East Jakarta, industrial growth is supported by the
Tanjung Priok port and the toll road leading to Soekarno-Hatta
International Airport. In North Jakarta, rapid growth is expected
to follow the reclamation project.
In Greater Jakarta, new rapidly growing areas include the
Karawang regency, the Bogor municipality and the Serang
municipality. (ste)