Underpass under construction

Underpass under construction

BOGOR: The construction of a pedestrian underpass connecting
Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) with the Bogor Botanical
Gardens, is already underway. A new parking lot at the insitute
and a new gate at the botanical gardens are also being built as
part of the project.

Due to a huge hole on Jl. Pajajaran, Bogor, marking the site
of the underpass, traffic is being diverted to another road.

On the other side of Jl. Pajajaran, the new gate to the
botanical gardens, which is also the mouth of the underpass, is
nearly finished. Ticket counters are yet to be built.

The project's management did not indicate when the underpass
would be completed.

At IPB campus, workers have already laid concrete for the
parking lot.

ITB students have protested that the Rp 7.6 billion
(US$894,117) project, called the integrated rearrangement of
Baranangsiang area, will change the face of their campus.

The parking lot, with a capacity of 50 buses, will be located
near the basketball court. Visitors will have to walk 200 meters
through the campus grounds to access the underpass. The street in
front of the parking lot will also be widened to enable buses
heading to Jakarta to enter the toll road. -- JP