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Govt to procure land for Greater Jakarta’s LRT depot
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Progress: Workers construct the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, on May 30. The Rp 23.5 trillion (US$1.77 billion) transportation project, which will connect Cibubur in East Jakarta and downtown Jakarta, is 15 percent complete. The LRT, expected to be completed in 2018, will be used to transport athletes in the upcoming 2018 Asian Games. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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he government has pledged to procure land in Cibubur, East Jakarta, and East Bekasi, West Java, for construction of the depot for the light rail transit (LRT) system in Greater Jakarta.
The amount of land to be procured in Cibubur is around 0.45 hectares, while the land in East Bekasi is around 10 ha, 5 ha of which is owned by LRT contractor state construction firm Adhi Karya.
“The land will be procured through the LMAN [State Asset Management Agency],” Transportation Ministry director general for rail transportation Prasetyo Boeditjahjono said on Friday, referring to the special public service (BLU) unit under the Finance Ministry.
Prasetyo further said that the government had estimated that Rp 1.6 trillion (US$119.3 million) was required for the land procurement.
“The LMAN will propose the budget and then acquire the money in the 2017 revised state budget,” he said. (ebf)
