Rates of toll roads will increase by 10 percent in September 2013

Direktur Utama PT Jasa Marga Adityawarman by okezone

Rates of toll roads will increase by 10 percent in September 2013




Rates of toll roads will increase by 10 percent in September 2013. Rate increase applied to all highways, except Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road and Highway Prof Sedyatmo. Some rates-owned toll road operator PT Jasa Marga is a rate that will rise Jagorawi Road, Jakarta-Tangerang Toll Road in the City, Belawan-Medan-Tanjung Morawa, Palimanan-Kanci, Semarang, Surabaya-Gempol, Purwakarta-Bandung-Cileunyi, and Jakarta Outer Ring.

"The increase in toll rates is one option to refund the investments made to build toll roads. Motorway needed to accelerate economic growth," said President Director of PT Jasa Marga Adityawarman in Jakarta, Thursday (03/01/2013).

Adityawarman also noted, the electronic card service for the toll road (e-toll card) is still in great demand toll users. In fact, the e-toll could reduce queues at the toll gate is significant. For comparison, the minimum service standards at the toll booth attendant had for eight seconds. However, the e-toll, the service only takes a second.

Currently, PT Jasa Marga has 89 automatic tollbooth scattered all toll roads in Jakarta. "Service e-toll card and 39 e-toll pass had been scattered on the Toll Road Cawang-Tomang-Cengkareng, Jakarta-Cikampek and Jakarta Outer Ring," said Adityawarman.

Special e-toll gate pass, the gates were fitted cutlery balance on the card in the car, has been implemented at Toll Gate Cililitan.

According to the Director of Operations of PT Jasa Marga, Hasanudin, e-cards and e-toll pass is an attempt to reduce queues at the toll gate. However, there are many who use it.