Bengkulu-Taba Pananjung Toll Revenue Reaches IDR 1 Billion Per Month

Toll gate (photo: dock. Antara)

JAKARTA - Revenue from Bengkulu-Taba Tanjung toll road users reaches Rp1 billion per month. "The average income generated from the management of the Bengkulu - Taba Penjung Toll Road is Rp1 billion a month," said Branch Manager of Hutama Karya Bengkulu-Taba Penjung Medya Gustian quoting Antara. The income achievement is not balanced when compared to the cost requirements for the operation and maintenance of the Bengkulu - Taba Penjung Toll Road. Because, he explained, Traffic Volume (VLL) which crosses the Bengkulu - Taba Penjung toll road section per day is passed by around 1,200 units of vehicles. "When we talk about the ideal in toll road management, at least around 7,000 vehicles are crossed per day," he continued Medya, his party welcomed the news regarding the continued construction of the Bengkulu-Lubuk Linggau Toll Road, as the results of Bengkulu Provincial Government coordination with the center. "Regarding the continuation in question, we at HK are only assigned to the construction of the Trans Sumatra Toll Road (JTTS). So far we have not received the latest news, regarding the assignment," he explained.

Previously, Bengkulu - Taba Penanjung Toll users during the homecoming flow and backflow of Eid al-Fitr 1445 Hijriah as many as 42,159 vehicles and there was an increase of up to 170.5 percent of traffic on the toll road when compared to normal days. A total of 42,159 vehicles passing on the Bengkulu - Taba Penjung Toll Road are dominated by private vehicles and most are from Central Bengkulu Regency to Bengkulu City. Then, for vehicles passing on the Bengkulu - Taba Penjung Toll Road, vehicles are dominated by vehicles from within Bengkulu Province and only a few vehicles from outside Bengkulu are passing.