TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
MRT project set to start as tenders completed
The much-awaited mass rapid transit (MRT) project is set to kick off next month as the project tenders for elevated civil works have been completed
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
T
he much-awaited mass rapid transit (MRT) project is set to kick off next month as the project tenders for elevated civil works have been completed.
City-owned project operator PT MRT Jakarta has announced that a consortium of Japanese and Indonesian companies ' Tokyu-WIKA and Obayashi-Shimizu-Jaya Konstruksi ' are the winners of three elevated civil work packages worth a total of ¥35 billion (US$353.21 million).
Consortium Tokyu-WIKA has won two construction packages, worth ¥15 billion and ¥10 billion respectively, while Obayashi-Shimizu-Jaya Konstruksi won one package worth ¥10 billion.
The contracts will expire within 243 weeks.
MRT Jakarta president director Dono Boestami said that the completion of the tenders for the elevated civil works marked the immense progress made by the company.
'The tender process was a vital phase in the project. With the completion of the tenders, we are upbeat that the MRT project will be realized,' Dono said in a press statement made available to The Jakarta Post on Monday.
Previously, Dono said that the MRT's construction would be launched in Dukuh Atas in Central Jakarta in October.
The MRT construction project is divided into eight packages, comprising three underground civil works, three elevated civil works, the MRT system and MRT rolling stock.
Earlier this year, Dono and Governor Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo announced the winners of three underground work packages: consortium
Shimizu-Obayashi-Wijaya Karya-Jaya Konstruksi, which will carry out two underground construction packages, and consortium Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Company-Hutama Karya.
MRT Jakarta is currently evaluating the pre-qualification documents submitted by the tender participants bidding on the remaining MRT system and MRT rolling stock packages.
The construction of the first phase of the MRT track will be funded by a ¥125 billion soft loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
The central government has agreed to repay 49 percent of the loan, while the administration will pay the rest over a loan period of 40 years, with a grace period of 10 years and at an interest rate of below 1 percent per year.
The track will have six underground stations, seven elevated stations and capacity for up to 173,000 passengers per day. The first phase of work requires Rp 3.6 trillion in funding.
The first phase of the MRT track, which will connect Lebak Bulus in South Jakarta and the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle, is expected to be ready by 2017.
