"In the next or two months the pre-qualification could be started and the entire tender would be completed this year, and construction could be started in 2012 and in 2016 could be operated. So the MRT is no just a dream for Jakarta," Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo said after opening a seminar here on Tuesday on a plan to build an MRT in Jakarta.
Fauzi said in the first stage the MRT would cover the Utara-Selatan, Lebakbulus-Hotel Indonesia route 15.5 kilometers long, with 10.5 kilometers on the surface and five kilometers underground.
Six underground stations would be built along the route, namely at Masjid Al Azhar, Istora Senayan (Ratu Plaza), Bendungan Hilir, Setiabudi, Dukuh Atas, Bundaran Hotel Indonesia, and seven elevated stations, namely at Lebak Bulus, Fatmawati, Cipete Raya, H Nawi, Blok A, Blok M and Sisingamangaraja.
"In the beginning of the operation, the MRT will have a capacity to carry 212,000 people per day, which can be raised to 960,000 per day. The route can be covered in 30 minutes and the tickets will be integrated with the other relevant modes of transportation," he said.
The distance between the trains in the first stage was projected each five minutes, which could be increased to every three minutes.
For that up to 144,322 billion yen would be needed or Rp15 trillion made of up fund as part of a 120,017 billion yen loan or only 0.2 pct and the money will be drawn from the State Budget and regional budget 24.305 billion yen.
"It has been agreed that 30 pct of the total work on the MRT project used Japanese products and the rest local," he said.
Head the Jakarta regional planning agency Sarwo Handayani said that the tender for the construction of the MRT in Jakarta, first stage, will be carried out in the 2011 June-July.
"The pre-qualification process will be held soon so that construction could be started in the middle of this year," Sarwo said. (*)
Editor: Kunto Wibisono
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