Jakarta is, beside the location near seafront and low, Jakarta also surrounded by the cities that have highland and as the result water channel from those cities will goes through rivers in Jakarta. Canal development for water channel is become a great idea to Jakarta's progress. Banjir Kanal Timur's project is a concept from local government to push down flood in eastern region of Jakarta. The crowded of settlement in Jakarta and needed spacious land area for construction, make land acquisition for public interests is become the right way to do. Banjir Kanal Timur's project started on 2003 and the progress affected by three land acquisition regulations for public interests. This project, helped by P2T, P2T assigned for giving information, socialization, also to determine the price for compensation. In giving the estimate price for the compensation, there's always different perception between the government and the local people. Government prefer to using NJOP as price estimate whereas the local people prefer using the market price which is higher than NJOP. Therefore, forum is the main process on implementation of land acquisition, in order the local people understand on the meaning of "for public interest". This thesis using normative method.