LRT Jakarta Phase 1B Veledrome To Manggarai Continues To Be Worked, Here's The Progress

The Jakarta 1B LRT continues to be carried out. (IST)

JAKARTA - PT Jakarta Propertindo (Perseroda) (Jakpro) stated that the construction of the Jakarta Phase 1B LRT, the Velodrome Manggarai Route will continue to process and experience a positive divide of 0.177% from the target until the second Sunday of February 2024.

Until this period, the construction stage of the Jakarta Phase 1B LRT project has entered the flyover or viaduct structure work with progress on foundation drilling or boreSHIP at 129 points and the binding of the foundation before the construction of a column at its top or pilecap, the 1B Phase LRT is the same as the Jakarta LRT which has been operating made with a floating path (elevated). Until this period, the 1B Phase LRT construction project has entered the clearing of the project area (site clearing) and completed the installation of a 8,632-meter project fence on the Velodrome-Manggarai route. This project fence aims to ensure the safety of work within the project environment, including the security of building materials and the work tools in it. Other progresses of tree relocation along the Velodrome Rahamangun route have been carried out as many as 237 trees from the target of 662 trees.

In addition, the progress of the Jakarta Phase 1B LRT construction project has also completed the installation of a barrier or road separator around the construction project (moving barriers concrete or MCB) along the Velodrome Manggarai route. This barrier or MCB is a composite concrete consisting of concrete and the frame is made of iron. However, although the MCB is strong and sturdy, this MCB can be moved efficiently according to its needs.

On the other hand, during the work process of the Jakarta Phase 1B LRT Project, this may have an impact on the temporary shift in vehicle lanes at several points for work area needs. Jakpro together with the implementing contractor for the Jakarta Phase 1B LRT project, apologized for the inconvenience caused, and appealed to road and public transportation users to always obey signs and follow the instructions of officers in the project field/area.

Jakpro and related stakeholders also continue to make efforts to socialize, educate and communicate intensively to residents and road users affected by the construction of the Jakarta Phase 1B LRT. The Jakarta Phase 1B LRT project is projected to last for 36 months, with the first target being that a limited trial can be conducted (trial run) to Rawamangun Station at the end of 2024. Later this Phase 1B will connect Velodrome Manggarai with a span of 6.4 kilometers with 5 stations, namely Rawamangun Station, BPKP Scouts, Pramuka Market, Matraman and Manggarai.

With the extension of the route and being integrated with other public transportation modes, such as Commuter Line, Microtrans, and Transjakarta Trains, passengers for the Jakarta LRT service from Pegangsaan Dua to Manggarai are projected to reach 80-100 thousand passengers per day. In addition to increasing inter-regional connectivity, the construction of the 1B Phase LRT has the potential to increase the competitiveness of Jakarta City as a global city as well as have other economic impacts, such as increasing the income of local residents in line with the increasing activity of the community around the station.