REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesian state-owned company, PT Adhi Karya, expects the permit of Jakarta monorail project linking Kuningan-Cawang-Bekasi Timur to be issued in February. The line which will stretch 52 kilometers is hoped to be operated by 2015,  to reduce traffic gridlock in the capital city.

"We will start the project after the permit issued by central and local governments," Executive Director of Adhi Karya, Kiswo Dharmawan, said on Thursday. The sooner the better, he added.

If the project is started this year, a part of the line will be operated in the next one and a half year.  "And it will be fully operated in the next two years," he added.

This nine trillion IDR project will also involve companies including Jasa Marga, State Electronics Institution (LEN), Telkom, Railway Industry (Inka) and Bank Mandiri. Minister of State-owned Company, Dahlan Iskan, said he would discuss the project with Governor of West Java Ahmad Heryawan and Governor of Jakarta Joko Widodo.

"We have two choices, either to cooperate with Governors of Jakarta and West Java or to make it as central government's project," Iskan said.

"It will reduce traffic problems, including some impacts caused by floods on Wednesday," he said. 

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