Minister of Transportation Offers Blessing to Jakarta LRT Prolonged to Manggarai

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi gave his blessing for the Jakarta LRT undertaking to be prolonged to Manggarai. At the moment, the Jakarta LRT solely serves the Kelapa Gading-Velodrome route.

Budi Karya revealed that the Jakarta LRT extension undertaking from Velodrome to Manggarai will begin this yr.

“God prepared, it can begin this yr,” stated Budi Karya when met on the Fee V Constructing of the DPR Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday (24/5/2023).

In the identical place, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Transportation Adita Irawati added that the Ministry of Transportation had already spoken with the DKI Jakarta Provincial Authorities for this undertaking. The outcomes are optimistic and the Jakarta LRT undertaking for the Velodrome-Manggarai route will be carried out this yr as effectively.

“Sure, we’re speaking with the provincial authorities, as a result of if the Jakarta LRT is underneath the DKI Provincial Authorities, we’ve mentioned it, it has been intense with the PJ Governor, beginning this yr or subsequent yr. However we will certainly prioritize the Jabodebek LRT first,” he stated .

The Jakarta LRT Section 1B undertaking for the Velodrome-Manggarai route is estimated to value round IDR 5.5 trillion. The main points are IDR 5.2 trillion for infrastructure and techniques whereas IDR 300 billion is for rolling inventory. This undertaking was constructed by BUMD PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro).

Within the development of LRT Jakarta 1B for the 6.4 km Velodrome-Manggarai route, 5 stations might be constructed, particularly the Pemuda Barat Station, Scout BPKP, Pasar Pramuka, Matraman and Manggarai. With the extension to Manggarai, the Jakarta LRT can have a complete size of 12.2 km with the Kelapa Gading-Manggarai route. It’s focused that the variety of Jakarta LRT passengers will improve to 180 thousand individuals per day.

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