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Fauzi lays spatial-planning groundwork for next 20 years
Marking the third year of his tenure, Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo announced Wednesday key strategies for the city’s future spatial planning, providing the framework for its development in the next 20 years
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arking the third year of his tenure, Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo announced Wednesday key strategies for the city’s future spatial planning, providing the framework for its development in the next 20 years.
In his speech to open the legislation process on the new spatial planning bylaw before the City Council, Fauzi highlighted that the administration is designing the city to sustain 12.5 million people by 2030.
“Jakarta faces climate change challenges, making it prone to disasters..It needs to adapt and mitigate in its spatial planning,” he said.
Fauzi said, the city would limit development in the southern part of Jakarta and restore its function as a catchment area to prevent floods.
The administration would focus on more high-rise buildings to cope with a burgeoning population.
Population expansion and over-building have resulted in traffic congestion and a clean water shortage.
The collapse of Jl. RE Martadinata in North Jakarta due to rising sea water levels has worried residents.
A recent study by the Industrial and Energy Agency revealed that Muara Baru in North Jakarta had the highest rate of land subsidence, sinking 116 centimeters since 2002.
Fauzi said to shield the northern part of Jakarta from potential tidal flooding and sea erosion, the city is planning to build a sea wall.
The governor visited Rotterdam recently and sealed a deal with experts for a feasibility study on this.
The spatial planning bylaw has been delayed almost six months as critics said it was poorly drafted and lacking in public participation, which the city attempted to rectify.
Fauzi Bowo is the city’s first directly elected governor,inaugurated on Oct. 7 three years ago. He proclaimed himself “the expert” that would resolve the city’s problems.
Fauzi said his administration had done a lot to improve development and welfare for residents.
“However, some unfinished problems still occur in Jakarta and more needs to be done,” he said.
City Secretary assistant overseeing economy and administration Hasan Basri said that to increase road capacity, the city had built many flyovers and bridges in the three years. “We also tried to increase the road effectiveness, develop off street parking and improve public transportation,” he said.
Experts said Fauzi should focus on boosting the disbursement of the city budget in the next two years.
