Monorail to break ground today

JAKARTA. Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is scheduled to lead the ground-breaking ceremony for the monorail project in Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Wednesday.

Consortium PT Jakarta Monorail spokesman Bovanantoo said on Tuesday that the ceremony would be held on Jl. Setiabudi Utara. “The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.,” he said.

The consortium is proposing to build two lines: The green line, with 16 stations, will extend 14.27 kilometers from Kuningan to Dukuh Atas and the blue line will stretch 9.72 km from Kampung Melayu in East Jakarta to Roxy in West Jakarta, with 11 stations.

The project had been delayed for nine years due to financial problems. (The Jakarta Post)