Jakarta to grow higher, stay young

Governor Fauzi Bowo says that under the 2010-2030 Spatial Plan currently being drafted, Jakarta will look modern and young although its residents are getting older.

He said the new spatial plan would allow for more high-rise buildings with quality open spaces.  

“We want to control the population density. Of course we direct residents to high-rise buildings. All things that will improve the quality of open spaces will be prioritized, even a small open space should have quality,” he said on Wednesday.

Fauzi said during the deliberation of the draft, participants discussed a possibility to restrict construction of extra big houses to the city’s outskirts as only a small number of people would own and occupy them.

Nurfakih Wirawan, head of the City’s Regional Planning Body (Bappeda), said that the draft would provide macro policies. Details of the spatial plan would be made in district level under the Detail Spatial Plan (RDTR), which will have to come into effect a year after the city’s Spatial Plan bylaw is endorsed.

Fauzi and Nurfakih said the draft was open for public’s inputs and scrutiny.