Jakarta – Jakarta Transportation Agency head Andri Yansyah said although it had no traffic impact analysis, the city would continue with its 10 infrastructure projects for the sake of the public.
"The construction projects will not cease because it's in the interest of the public that we doing it, not for the private sector," Andri told kompas.com at City Hall on Thursday.
He added that if the construction activities were halted, it would take longer to finish the projects because people had been waiting a long time for the infrastructure to be completed.
Andri said Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan would summon the contractors and demand that they immediately complete a traffic impact analysis of their projects.
Previously, Anies said more than 10 ongoing infrastructure projects in Jakarta had no traffic impact analysis, resulting in severe traffic jams.
Six out of the 10 projects were developed by the city, including the Pancoran, Cipinang Lontar, Bintaro flyovers and the Mampang-Kuningan, Kartini and Matraman underpasses.
Meanwhile, the four other projects are being developed by the central government. They include the construction of the Cawang-Dukuh Atas light rail transit (LRT) and the Depok-Antasari and Bekasi-Cawang-Kampung Melayu toll roads as well as six toll road segments in the inner city toll road. (dis/ebf)