The project of Light Rapid Transit (LRT) construction officially begins. President, Joko “Jokowi” Widodo accompanied by Jakarta Governor, Basuki “Ahok” T. Purnama and West Java Governor, Ahmad Heryawan conduct the groundbreaking on Jalan Taman Mini 1, Cipayung, East Jakarta, Wednesday (9/9).

We’ll take it through auction process, probably this September includin g homestead athletes project

The construction was based on Presidential regulation (Perpres) No.99/2015. To accelerate the construction, Ahok instructed Regional-Owned Enterprise (BUMD) to contribute the construction.

“We’ll take it through auction process, probably this September including homestead Athletes project,” he stated.

Based on data obtained Beritajakarta.com, construction of LRT will be divided into two phases with a total length of 83.6 Km. The first phase will be built with route Cibubur-Cawang, East Bekasi-Cawang, Cawang-Dukuh.

The next phase will be served route Cibubur Bogor, Dukuh Atas-Palmerah-Senayan and Palmerah-Grogol with 41.5 km long and there are 10 stations. The target is around 24 thousand passengers could be carried per hour.