Jakarta MRT to start construction in May

The Jakarta mass rapid transportation (MRT) project would start in May as planned, Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo said after a leadership meeting at City Hall on Monday.

It had earlier been reported that Fauzi said that the ground breaking would take place in April.

The Rp 15.5 trillion project will see six underground MRT stations built in the first phase at Al-Azhar Mosque, Istora Senayan (Ratu Plaza Mall), Bendungan Hilir, Setiabudi, Bundaran HI and Dukuh Atas, and seven elevated stations at Lebak Bulus, Fatmawati, Cipete Raya, H Nawi, Sisingamangaraja, Blok A and Blok M.


MRT is the Jakarta administration's newest attempt to solve traffic problems in the city after the monorail program was canceled in 2011.

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