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Anies wants to turn unused offices into public spaces after capital relocates
Despite the capital being relocated, Anies emphasized that the infrastructure projects in Jakarta, scheduled to be completed by 2030 at an approximate cost of Rp 571 trillion (US$40.04 million), would continue. The projects include the development of LRT, MRT and BRT commuter networks, drinking water systems, sewerage and residential housing.
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Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan stands in front of a traffic information installation at Taman Pintar Berlalu Lintas during his visit to the Tebet park in South Jakarta on Thursday. Following the announcement of the plan to relocate Indonesia's capital to East Kalimantan, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has expressed hope of turning unused government office buildings into public spaces.
(The Jakarta Post/Sausan Atika)
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ollowing the announcement of the plan to relocate Indonesia's capital to East Kalimantan, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has expressed hope of turning unused government office buildings into public spaces.
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo officially announced on Monday that the central government would relocate the capital from Jakarta to Kutai Kertanegara regency and North Penajam Paser regency.
"We will discuss it later. One of the things that would be very beneficial for Jakartans is if we have a lot of green open spaces [...] also blue spaces, by means of parks, ponds, waters. We hope that could happen," Anies told reporters in East Jakarta on Wednesday.
Anies said that some of the unused buildings would also be used for commercial purpose, like offices.
“Jakarta will always have opportunities to develop as there must be development activities. The [unused] facilities for commercial purposes would increase, [the number of] offices would increase,” he added.
As he had not yet been informed about the relocation process, Anies said it was too early to discuss in detail how vacant government offices in Jakarta would be used.
Despite the capital being relocated, Anies emphasized that the infrastructure projects in Jakarta, scheduled to be completed by 2030 at an approximate cost of Rp 571 trillion (US$40.04 million), would continue. The projects include the development of LRT, MRT and BRT commuter networks, drinking water systems, sewerage and residential housing.
Anies said the central government and the Jakarta administration have been discussing the projects to the technical level and have completed the deliberations over the funding schemes.
