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Bandung to build skywalk in Cihampelas shopping area
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The skywalk is part of the administration's efforts to manage street vendors in Cihampelas. (Shutterstock.com/Khairul Effendi)
Cihampelas shopping area will soon have a skywalk to allow cozier access for visitors.
Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil told kompas.com that the city administration would prepare a budget of Rp 43 billion (US$3.26 million) to complete the project by December.
(Read also: Bandung's Labyrinth Park offers new city attraction)
"The project will start next week; there will probably be road closures between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m., with an adjustment during weekends," he said in Bandung on Thursday.
The skywalk is part of the administration's efforts to manage street vendors in the area. "Our concept is to move all the street vendors from between Jl. Eykman and Jl. Cihampelas [to the skywalk]," he added. (kes)
