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The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Jakarta | Thu, November 22 2012, 7:44 AM

The six new inner-city toll roads that, if approved, will be constructed
next year, are not designed to accommodate special lanes for the
Transjakarta Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), according to PT Jakarta Tollroad
Development (JTD) president director Frans Sunito.
Frans said the toll roads would have three lanes designated for private
vehicles, just like other toll roads in the city. There will be no special
lanes for Transjakarta but the toll roads will be passable for buses and
will be the first toll roads with several bus stops in the city, he told The
Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
The bus stops will be integrated with existing public transportation stops
such as train stations, bus terminals and Transjakarta shelters. We will
install escalators at every bus stop to make it easier for passengers in
getting to the stops [on the elevated toll roads], he added.
The city administrations plan to construct six elevated toll roads had
sparked protests from urban planning and transportation experts, saying
that the toll roads would not have an effect in eradicating traffic problems
and would further encourage citizens to use private vehicles.
Jakarta Governor Joko Jokowi Widodo said that he had not yet decided
whether to continue the plan initiated during the term of former governor
Sutiyoso and that he was still studying the toll road project.
Jokowi said that he would agree with the toll road project as long as it
was aimed at facilitating the BRT. If the toll roads provide a special lane
for [the BRT] then it is OK to build them. But I havent heard the details of
the project, Jokowi said as quoted by Antara news agency.
Elisa Sutanudjaja, an urban planning expert at Tarumanegara University
and an activist at the Rujak Center for Urban Studies, said that Jokowi
should cancel the toll road project as it would cause further problems for
the citys poor spatial management as well as damage the environment
and public health.
She added that the construction of the toll roads was not in line with the
citys newly launched free health care program.
The total expense of dealing with health problems caused by air
pollution in Jakarta has reached Rp 38 trillion (US$3.93 billion) per year.
Imagine if the administration approves this toll road plan. How much
should they pay to cover healthcare services for the citizens who are
sick because of polluted air? questioned Elisa.
Firdaus Cahyadi from the Satu Dunia Foundation, an NGO focused on
access to information for ordinary Indonesians, said that the toll roads
project set a bad example for other cities in the archipelago.
What if other cities copied Jakarta and kept on constructing toll roads as
a way of dealing with severe traffic jams? Its an old way of overcome
traffic issues, he said.
According to Firdaus, the administration should focus on developing
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public transportation.
The JTDs Frans said he would not comment further on Jokowis
statement, but added that the company would just wait until the study
process was finished.
The 67-kilometer-long inner-city toll roads that will connect all five of
Jakartas municipalities are expected to begin construction next June.
The first phase of construction will include the 17.8-kilometer route from
Semanan, West Jakarta to Sunter, North Jakarta, and the 11-kilometer
route from Sunter to Bekasi.
Duri Pulo, Central Jakarta and Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta, as well
as Kampung Melayu and Kemayoran, East Jakarta will also be linked to
the second phase of the toll roads construction process.
The third part of the project will connect Ulujami, South Jakarta, to Tanah
Abang, Central Jakarta, and the fourth will connect Pasar Minggu, South
Jakarta, to the Casablanca area in South Jakarta. (nad)
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