Yogyakarta-Bawen Toll Road Will Use These Two Types Of Construction To Protect The Environmental Ecosystem

Toll road (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The government continues to accelerate the completion of the Yogyakarta-Bawen toll road project with a total length of 75.12 kilometers (km). The toll road is included in the list of National Strategic Projects or PSN.

The Yogyakarta-Bawen toll road will cross two provinces, namely Central Java Province along 66.32 km and Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY) along 8.80 km.

The plan is that there will be two types of construction that will be used in the toll road project, namely rigid violence (at grade) and kites (elevated).

"The construction of the flyover structure is an effort to maintain the environmental ecosystem. In this case, maintaining the agricultural land ecosystem and passing through the West Ring Road of Yogyakarta on the Mataram Selokan which is an important irrigation channel for agriculture in Yogyakarta, is crossed by toll roads," reads a statement from the Toll Road Regulatory Agency (BPJT) quoted from its official website, Monday, May 27.

The Yogyakarta-Bawen Toll Road is divided into 6 Sections, namely Section 1 Sleman-Banyurejo along the 8.80 km with construction progress currently reaching 72.88, percent and Section 6 Ambarawa-Bawen along 4.98 km with current construction progress reaching 14.66 percent. The two sections are targeted to complete construction in the first quarter of 2025.

Meanwhile, Section 2 Banyurejo-Borobudur is 15.20 km long, Section 3 Borobudur-Magelang is 8.10 km long. Then, Section 4 Magelang-Temanggung along 16.65 km and Section 5 Temanggung-Ambarawa along 21.39 km are all now in the land acquisition stage and are targeted for completion of construction after 2025.

Later, Section 6 Ambarawa-Bawen will also be directly connected to the Semarang-Solo Toll Road which is part of the Trans Java Toll Road. This toll road will also be connected directly to the Solo-Yogyakarta-YIA Kulonprogo Toll Road.

Furthermore, there will be 6 toll gates on the Yogyakarta-Bawen Toll Road, there is a Bawen Junction and has 5 Interchanges (SS), namely, SS Ambarawa, SS Temanggung, SS Magelang, SS Borobudur and SS Banyurejo.

It is known that the Yogyakarta-Bawen Toll Road is managed by the Toll Road Business Entity (BUJT) of PT Jasamarga Jogja Bawen with an investment value of IDR 14.26 trillion.

"The presence of this toll road will further facilitate the flow of distribution of goods and services, industrial development and tourism as well as increase connectivity, especially on the southern side of Java Island," he added.