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Depok residents rejoice over new town square amid lack of public space
The city administration has allocated Rp 360 billion (US$26.35 million) for the project since 2017.
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Residents visit the newly opened town square in Depok, West Java, on Sunday. Some facilities have been damaged, including the town square’s signage. (JP/Ricky Yudhistira)
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ir-conditioned malls or trendy cafes likely come to mind when Depok residents, in the outskirts of the capital Jakarta, think of a place to spend time with their families on the weekend.
But a new town square, the first one in the city, is the gem that residents have been longing for amid the scarcity of open spaces in the growing satellite city.
Inaugurated on Jan. 12 by Mayor Mohammad Idris, Depok’s town square welcomes residents, young and old, to gather in the free public space.
Unlike a typical town square, which is located in the heart of a city, the Depok administration has built the square on a 3.9-hectare plot of land within the Grand Depok City housing complex in Cilodong subdistrict to avoid exorbitant land prices downtown.
The town square is accessible by angkot (public minivans) from the Depok bus terminal.
The Depok town square was one of the campaign promises made by Mayor Idris and his deputy Pradi Supriatna during their regional election campaign in 2015.
The administration has allocated Rp 360 billion (US$26.35 million) for the project from the city budget since 2017.
