LRT Continuation Prioritizes Velodrome-Manggarai Route, Dishub: Central Station Integration

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Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, explained the reason why the government prioritized the continuation of the Jakata LRT development on the Velodrome-Manggarai route in 2023. Syafrin said that the plan decided by the Ministry of Transportation and the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government was an effort to integrate the mass transportation system to support the status of Manggarai Station as a central station. Given, the government has a plan to make the railway station the backbone or backbone of public transportation in Jakarta. "Manggarai is currently being developed into a central station for inter-city. Therefore, we consider it necessary to encourage return services from the Velodrome directly to Manggarai so that it is integrated completely with the central station in Manggarai," said Syafrin when met in East Jakarta, Wednesday, November 9. Syafrin views that with the Jakarta LRT station in the Manggarai area, this will unravel the density of public transport passengers who usually use the Commuter Line KRL from and to Manggarai Station. "We hope that with the new station of the Jakarta LRT, the concentration of people moving there will also be divided. The aim, for example, is directly to the north via Kelapa Gading, Velodrome, automatically they will flow to the station of the Jakarta LRT," explained Syafrin. "So, it is precisely with (LRT on the Velodrome-Mangggarai route) breaking down. Right now, because he came from outside the city to Manggarai, from Bekasi he entered Manggarai, from Bogor entered Manggarai, so the whole thing broke out," he continued. Previously, the DKI Jakarta DPRD Budget Agency approved the submission of regional capital participation (PMD) for the continuation of the construction of the Jakarta LRT to PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro) next year. This was stated in a meeting of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Budget Agency which discussed the draft KUA-PPAS for the DKI Regional Budget for the 2023 fiscal year. Assistant for the Economy and Finance of the DKI Jakarta Derah Secretariat (Setda) Sri Haryati revealed that the submission of the LRT development budget follows up on the results of a limited meeting chaired by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Wednesday, November 2. "A few days ago, there was a meeting attended by the Acting Governor of Pak Heru, the Minister of Transportation, the Minister of PUPR, and so on," Sri said at the Grand Cempaka Resort, Bogor, West Java, Thursday, November 3. In the meeting, Jokowi decided to continue working on the phase 2A Jakarta LRT by returning the initial route, namely Velodrome-Manggarai. This changes the previous plan which will continue phase 2A on the Kelapa Gading-Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) route. "Yesterday it was decided, led directly by the President that later from Velodrome it would go directly to Manggarai," said Sri.