Saving energy and Kemang

I hope the mega-projects being built in Kemang, South Jakarta, do not destroy the essence of this unique habitat.

I also hope that the developers of the Kemang projects will be able to contribute to an elevated tollway which would channel through traffic around Kemang, with appropriate access providing a world-class village to explore rather than one which is already suffering from increasingly severe traffic snarls and reckless driving.

I am not a city planner or the CEO of a construction company. But I do know this creates a better place for the people who live, work, shop and dine in Kemang.

At the same time, it contributes to enabling the hundreds of thousands of people who have built homes in Jakarta's southern suburbs over the past 15 years to commute to their workplaces in the city in a manner that is safer, less polluting, far more convenient and far more economical.

Yes, there would need to be a toll, but even if it was Rp 6,000 each way that would more than compensate for the energy saved.

Greg Warner
Jakarta