MRT Jakarta to launch tender for US$3bil line

Fast development: The mass rapid transit system in Jakarta. MRT Jakarta has signed a contract with the Japan Management Consultant Association, which will act as the latest project’s tender consultant. — Bloomberg

JAKARTA: City-owned PT MRT Jakarta will open an international tender for stage one in the first phase of its east-west line in the fourth quarter of 2025.

The 24.5-km stretch, which will connect Tomang in West Jakarta with the Bekasi city district of Medan Satria in West Java, accounts for more than a quarter of the planned east-west line and will require a projected investment of 50 trillion rupiah (US$3.1bil).