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Wika to build $27 million Semanggi flyover
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Elevated discussion: Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama displays an image on his cell phone depicting planned elevated roads at the Semanggi junction. (thejakartapost.com/Dewanti A. Wardhani)
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tate-owned company PT Wijaya Karya (Wika) has signed a deal worth Rp 360 billion (US$27.15 million) for the construction of additional elevated roads in Semanggi, South Jakarta, with the groundbreaking slated for April.
“Wika has signed a contract for the construction worth Rp 360 billion,” the operational director of Wika Beton, a subsidiary of Wika, Fery Hendrianto, said on Wednesday.
Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama said in January that the city administration would construct additional elevated roads in front of Plaza Semanggi shopping mall. The roads will cater to motorists traveling from Grogol in West Jakarta to Kebayoran Baru in South Jakarta, and from Pancoran in South Jakarta to the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta.
The Jakarta city administration has made a deal with PT Mori Building, a private company from Japan, which plans to construct a new building in the Semanggi area. The company will fund the new elevated roads construction in return for an increased building floor coefficient (KLB), the standard for a building’s total maximum size permitted on a given area.
“The construction will be finished in the middle of 2017,” Ahok said as quoted by Tempo.co.
Wika Beton has been ordered to supply materials for the roads construction. Despite its long track record in construction projects, the company views the project as a tough challenge.
“The project is highly prestigious, as it requires a high-end technology. Even with our track record in this business, we are still worried [about carrying out the project],” Wika Beton president director Wilfred A. Singkali said. (vps/ebf)
