Transportation Minister Hatta Radjasa has threatened to take over the airport rail link in Jakarta if no progress were not made by the end of 2007. “We cannot wait. It is urgent,” he said on Friday (04/20) at his office, Jakarta. He went on to he hoped that at least by the end of the year the detailed engineering design, financing and land acquisition would be completed. According to him, the airport rail link is not a difficult task should there a commitment and if it is done seriously. “What is the problem? It has been months and there is still no report,” said Hatta. The project is being executed by PT Rail Link, established in September of last year. PT Rail Link is a joint company between PT Kereta Api (60 percent) and PT Angkasa Pura II (40 percent). Hatta stated that the project was significant because it was expected that it may become one of the means to meet the target of 1.5 train passengers per day in Jakarta and its surrounding areas by 2009. The airport train is targeted to carry 9 million passengers per year, equal with 30 percent of total carrier passengers in Soekarno-Hatta, Cengkareng.
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