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City bans PT JIEP from charging residents for entering industrial estate
Free access: Residents display a banner on Monday to reject the plan of PT Jakarta Industrial Estate Pulogadung (JIEP) to charge residents for entering the Pulogadung Industrial Estate in East Jakarta
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Free access: Residents display a banner on Monday to reject the plan of PT Jakarta Industrial Estate Pulogadung (JIEP) to charge residents for entering the Pulogadung Industrial Estate in East Jakarta. (Warta Kota via tribunnews.com/Junianto Hamonangan) (JIEP) to charge residents for entering the Pulogadung Industrial Estate in East Jakarta. (Warta Kota via tribunnews.com/Junianto Hamonangan)
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span class="caption">Free access: Residents display a banner on Monday to reject the plan of PT Jakarta Industrial Estate Pulogadung (JIEP) to charge residents for entering the Pulogadung Industrial Estate in East Jakarta. (Warta Kota via tribunnews.com/Junianto Hamonangan)
Jakarta Governor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama has prohibited PT Jakarta Industrial Estate Pulogadung (JIEP) from charging residents for entering the Pulogadung Industrial Estate in East Jakarta, following public pressure to reject the plan.
PT JIEP had installed e-gates at the all access points into the industrial estate on Dec. 22.
Residents protested the JIEP plan by blocking some gateways to the industrial estate, which caused severe traffic congestion on Monday morning. They rejected the charges, which ranged from Rp 2,000 to Rp 8,000 (58 US cents) depending on the sizes of the vehicles.
The company planned to start imposing the fees in March.
Ahok said on Tuesday that residents were entitled to have access to the Pulogadung industrial estate, without paying anything. 'We have told them [JIEP] that the residents should be given access rights,' Ahok told journalists at City Hall on Tuesday.
The governor, however, admitted that some residents in Pulo Gadung had built illegal houses on the land owned by JIEP, so the government would further study the issue. Ahok told the JIEP and residents to find a solution to settle the problem.
Previously, Ahok said he had summoned representatives of PT JIEP because since the beginning he had objected to the installation of the e-gates, particularly because the company wanted to charge residents for access.
'The e-gates should be removed if they bring no benefits to the residents,' he said on Monday, adding that government had a 50 percent share in JIEP.
PT JIEP argued that the e-gates were needed for the sake of security. The gates could be opened with cards issued by the company.
Previously, PT JIEP operational director Bilson Manaloe explained that the e-gate system was imposed for the security and confidence of the investors. He was particularly concerned about the presence of street vendors and illegal parking inside the industrial estate. (bbn) (+)
