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