Uncover the Monorail Pole that is Broken in Rasuna Said, the DKI Provincial Government Allocates Rp100 Billion Budget

The former monorail project pole that is stuck along Jalan HR Rasuna Said (DOK Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Office Heru Suwondo said the DKI Provincial Government allocated a budget of up to Rp. 100 billion to demolish the old monorail project pillars that were stuck along Jalan HR Rasuna Said.

Heru said the funding was allocated directly from the 2026 DKI Jakarta Regional Budget (APBD). He is optimistic that the DKI Provincial Government has the budget, although it is still in the early years.

"The total is around Rp. 100 billion. The payment is not at the beginning of the year. It depends on the process," Heru told reporters, Wednesday, January 7.

Heru revealed that the Governor of DKI Jakarta Pramono Anung asked for the demolition of the broken monorail pole in Rasuna Said to be accelerated from the initial plan.

In the initial stage, the demolition will be carried out by the Yellow Force of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Office. Heru emphasized that his party was ready to immediately dismantle the old monorail project pole that was not completed.

"If we want it to be ready. So because Mr. Gub asked to be dismantled next Wednesday, yes we will carry it out. Because all the rules have been fulfilled. So yes we will do the demolition and we will manage Jalan Rasuna Said," said Heru.

In the demolition of the pole, the DKI Provincial Government also carried out pavement arrangement to road repairs. Later, there will be no more separation between fast lanes and slow lanes because the pole in the middle of the lane has been dismantled.

"Later, the fast lane and slow lane separators will disappear, just like on the west side of Jalan Rasuna Said. There, the road and sidewalk are already neat," he said.

As previously reported, DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung has targeted the demolition of this monorail pole to be realized no later than this month. The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has prepared a special budget for the work, including the rearrangement of the Rasuna Said area, which has long been known as one of the busiest corridors in South Jakarta.

Previously, Pramono admitted that he had asked PT Adhi Karya (Persero) to dismantle the broken monorail pole in order to end the fate of the former failed project pole. Because, based on the court's decision, the asset was declared to belong to Adhi Karya.

However, until now, Adhi Karya has not moved to demolish it. So, Pramono admitted that the DKI Provincial Government would realize it.

"Because we have issued a letter, we have given them a one-month deadline. If they can't do it, we will do it ourselves," said Pramono.

According to him, the demolition of the monorail pole will be carried out simultaneously with the widening of the road and the construction of a new sidewalk to improve the quality of public space as well as facilitate vehicle traffic in the Kuningan office area.