Jakarta Globe, Dion Bisara, September 04, 2015
The Jakarta sea wall will create a huge reservoir in the north coast of Jakarta, acting as a flood control system and a water source for the surrounding population. (ID Photo/Zabur Karuru) |
Jakarta.
The Netherlands and South Korea have pledged a total of $19 million in grant
funding to help Indonesia conduct a study for the second and third phase of its
sea wall project off the coast of Jakarta.
South Korea
is setting aside $9.5 million for research on undersea currents and soil
structure for the project, dubbed National Capital Integrated Coastal
Development (NCICD).
The Dutch,
meanwhile, have allocated 8.5 million euros ($9.5 million) for a follow-up
study, Indonesia's Public Works and Housing Ministry said in a statement
released on Thursday.
Officials
from the three countries signed a letter of intent for the joint study on
Thursday.
The South
Koreans are set to begin their part by the end of this month, said Lucky Eko
Wuryanto, deputy for infrastructure at the Coordinating Ministry of Economic
Affairs.
The study
is expected to reach conclusion by 2017, before the government has to decide
whether to continue the sea wall project.
The second
and third phase of the massive endeavor
will create a huge reservoir in the north coast of Jakarta, acting as a flood
control system and water source for the surrounding population.
The
Indonesian government, with help from the Netherlands, started construction to
strengthen existing retaining walls on the coast last October as part of the
first phase of NCICD.
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