Kuala Bingai-Tanjung Pura Toll Road Will Operate Freely This Month, Check The Date
JAKARTA - PT Hutama Karya (Persero) will operate without the Binjai-Langsa Toll Road Section Kuala Bingai-Tanjung Pura for 19 kilometers (km) at a certain time.
Executive Vice President (EVP) Corporate Secretary Hutama Karya Tjahjo Purnomo said that the plan is for the section to be operated without tariffs on January 29, 2024, starting at 07.00 WIB.
"Previously, this toll section had been tested first during the Christmas and New Year holidays by being operated functionally for more than two weeks from 23 December 2023 to 10 January 2024 and had been passed by more than 100 thousand vehicles smoothly and with zero accidents," said Tjahjo in his written statement, Friday, January 19.
Tjahjo said that the operation of the Binjai-Langsa section toll road will connect the 12.3 km Binjai-Stabat section which has been operated since February 2022 and the 7.55 km Stabat-Kuala Bingai section since September 2023.
In addition, Tjahjo said that his party had obtained an Operational Eligibility Certificate (SLO) which was issued on December 27, 2023 and the issuance of the Ministerial Decree (Kepmen) of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Number 15/KPTS/M/2024 concerning the Stipulation of the Operation of the Binjai-Langsa Toll Road Section Kuala Bingai-Tanjung Pura.
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He added, during the time of operating without tariffs, Hutama Karya will conduct massive socialization regarding driving rules on toll roads.
"During operating without this tariff, of course, we will at the same time socialize driving rules on toll roads, even though the surrounding community has studied many of the rules. Considering that previously 2 sections have been operated so that we understand that the rules on toll roads are quite different from national roads, especially regarding the use of electronic money cards to regulations for changing vehicles," he said.
Although the tariff has not yet been determined, toll road users still have to tap electronic money cards, especially users who pass from Kuala Bingai to Tanjung Pura or vice versa through the Binjai-Stabat and Stabat-Kuala Bingai Sections, where the Binjai-Langsa section Binjai-Stabat Toll Road is still subject to normal tariffs because it has been operating at a long rate.