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Patimban land prices kept low before port construction kicks off
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Workers unload electric cars from Japan at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta on Sep. 19, 2014. The government plans to build a deep sea port in Patimban, West Java, to take some of the pressure off the overloaded Tanjung Priok Port. (Tempo/M Iqbal Ichsan)
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atimban regional leaders in Subang, West Java, have formed a land appraisal team to keep land prices in the area at a more affordable level before the Patimban deep-sea port mega project starts construction.
Transportation Ministry director general for sea transportation Antonius Tonny Budiono said land prices in the area had hit Rp 100,000 (US$7.6) per square meter from Rp 70,000 previously as the public anticipate the building of Patimban Port, a bilateral project between Indonesia and Japan.
"The team will release the government-agreed price to the public, so that land is free from speculation," he said in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Most of the port structure will be built on reclaimed land to keep costs down. "We are doing it on reclaimed land to minimize land acquisitions. Land acquisition is more costly as there are many land price speculators. In the case of reclaimed land, the matter is merely technical," Antonius explained.
The port, located about 70 km from Karawang Industrial Estate and Bekasi in West Java via the Pantura toll road and 110 km via the Cipali toll road, will have container capacity of 1.5 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) once partly completed in 2019 and will be expanded to 7.5 million TEUs by 2037, half that of Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok Port, the country’s largest port.
