Revealed, The Government’s Reason For Not Applying Free Toll Tariffs When Homecoming 2022

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – At the moment of going home Eid 2022However, the government has failed to implement a tariff-free policy or free if there is a 1 kilometer traffic jam at the toll gate (GT).

In response to this, the Director General of Land Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation Budi Setiyadi said that the plan to implement the liberation policy was toll rates This reflects on going home in previous years where in Toll road Palimanan queues often occur.

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Actually, during this year’s homecoming, the Palimanan Toll Road also has the potential to cause congestion because it only provides a few GT, while the flow of vehicles from Jakarta is very fast.

“In Palimanan, there are only a few toll gates, especially with two lanes. So at that time, the idea emerged that the queue would be cleared (toll rates),” Budi said during a press conference, Tuesday (17/5/2022).

However, in the end, the government failed to enforce the toll tariff exemption. The reason is because it has implemented traffic engineering one way on the Palimanan Toll Road to break down the density.

“We don’t do this because what we do involves problems one way,” he said.

According to Budi, discretion one way This is very effective in breaking down traffic jams in toll road during the 2022 Lebaran homecoming period. Thus, the toll tariff exemption policy is deemed unnecessary.

“Many people testify to me, thank you, Jakarta to Semarang can take six hours, Jakarta to Surabaya can take 10-11 hours. That means, there is no such thing (congestion),” he said.

However, the government said it would not rule out the possibility of imposing toll tariff exemptions on the implementation of the next Lebaran homecoming.

“But, later it might be our anticipation in 2023,” he concluded.

Author: Isna Rifka Sri Rahayu | Editor: Akhdi Martin Pratama

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