JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono met with the Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi to discuss the continuation of the construction of the transportation system in Jakarta.
Minister of Transportation Budi said there were a number of projects discussed. One of them is the addition of potential investors for the construction of the MRT Jakarta phase 3 (east-west) route. During, the only foreign investor on the MRT project was Japan.
"The MRT is in phase one and stage two. Then what is encouraging is for MRT investors not only Japan, but already from Korea and from the United Kingdom (UK) UK," Budi said at the Ministry of Transportation office, Monday, October 24.
Budi hopes that the determination of cooperation for these three investors will be carried out by a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the implementation of the G20 later.
In addition, Budi and Heru also discussed the addition of points for providing public electric vehicle charging stations (SPKLU) in public places. Heru said this would be done jointly with the private sector.
"There are several things that we can immediately execute, such as in Manggarai and Tanah Abang there will be additional SPKLU. In the future, maybe the local government or later together with the private sector in the permit there will be discussions. The latest discussion is that in every building there is a SPKLU place prepared," said Heru.
Then, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will increase the number of park and ride locations. The provision of parking space is expanded with the hope that more people will park their vehicles and continue to use public transportation.
"Park and ride, park, there are many lands belonging to the regional government, later we will discuss the budget combination," said Heru.
"We will synchronize related to financing in the 2023 APBD, there are several things we can do approximately like that. There is still a lot of work that needs to be done related to transportation, later gradually the results that we prioritize will be seen," he added.
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