Triwik Kurniasari, THE JAKARTA POST, JAKARTA | Sat, 01/17/2009 2:06 PM
City-owned market operator PD Pasar Jaya plans to revamp Pasar Minggu and Mayestik market, both in South Jakarta, into two modern, integrated areas.
Pasar Jaya spokesman Nur Haviz said the operator would integrate the shopping center with office buildings, bus terminal and train station in the Pasar Minggu area.
“Basically, we want to reduce traffic snarls in the area. The traffic is chaotic because there is no proper bus terminal there,” Haviz told The Jakarta Post on Friday.
“The condition gets worse because many people cross the busy street instead of taking the pedestrian overpass,” he said, adding that Pasar Minggu had potential because it connected Jakarta with Depok, south of the capital.
Pasar Minggu, which used to be famous for its fruit market, will have a new building design, he said.
“We will erect some lanes and pedestrian overpasses connecting Pasar Minggu train station with the shopping center and bus terminal.
“We will cooperate with some institutions, like the city transportation agency and railway operator PT Kereta Api,” he said.
“There’s also a possibility that we will establish the bus terminal below or above the shopping center. It will be like the Blok M area [South Jakarta],” Haviz said.
Besides Pasar Minggu market, Pasar Jaya plans to rejuvenate Mayestik market in the near future.
Famous for fabric, tailors and beads, Mayestik market, which was established in 1956, was previously known for its medicine shops. When the updated Mayestik market was opened in 1981, garment vendors began to dominate the 6,500-square-meter market.
The market will be renovated into a four-story building, with a parking lot at the top and in the basement.
“Hopefully, the parking lot will be big enough to accommodate visitors’ vehicles, solving the on-road parking problems,” Haviz said.
“Vendors will be [temporarily] relocated to Jl. Tebah 1-3 and Jl. Taman Tebah [all in South Jakarta],” he said.
The face-lifts are part of Pasar Jaya’s program to redevelop markets throughout the city.
It is now drafting revisions of regional bylaws on market management to allow for more facilities.
Earlier, Pasar Jaya head Uthand H. Sitorus said the revisions of a 1992 bylaw on market management and a 1999 bylaw on Pasar Jaya would give the operator greater opportunity to develop markets.
According to the current bylaws, it only has the authority to build and operate markets.
If the City Council approves the revisions, Uthand said, Pasar Jaya could build other facilities, such as offices and apartments, above the traditional markets.
Pasar Jaya has sought to turn its traditional markets into cleaner, modern markets.
Conflict has arisen between the operator and vendors over the renovation plans of markets throughout the city, with vendors saying the new designs disadvantage them and that the post-renovation rents are too high.
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