Hutama Karya Operates Two Trans Sumatra Toll Road Sections During Christmas

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JAKARTA - To support traffic flow during the 2023 Christmas and 2024 New Year celebrations, PT Hutama Karya (Persero) functionally operates two new sections on the Trans Sumatra Toll Road (JTTS).

Executive Vice President (EVP) Corporate Secretary Hutama Karya Tjahjo Purnomo said that the two sections are the Binjai-Langsa Toll Road Section Kuala Bingai-Tanjung Pura and the Kuala Tanjung-Tebing Tinggi-Parapat Toll Road, Tebing Tinggi-Sinaksak Section.

"The Tinggi-Sinaksak Cliff Toll Road will be opened on Friday, December 22, 2023. Meanwhile, the Kuala Bingai-Tanjung Pura Toll Road will be opened starting Saturday, December 23, 2023, operating 24 hours starting at 07.00 WIB according to the regulator's direction," said Tjahjo Purnomo, ANTARA, Sunday, December 24.

He said that while operated functionally, the public could first try the toll road without tariff or free before it would be opened and the two toll rates were set.

"The 19-kilometer Kuala Bingai-Tanjung Pura toll road is part of the Binjai-Langsa Toll Road which will cut the travel time from Binjai to Tanjung Pura which was originally more than an hour to only 30 minutes. This will facilitate access for toll road users from Kuala Bingai who want to visit the Tanjung Pura area to visit local tourist attractions," he said.

He explained that the 48-kilometer Tebing Tinggi-Sinaksak Toll Road is part of the Kuala Tanjung-Tebing Tinggi-Paarapat Toll Road. The Tebing Tinggi-Sinaksak Toll Road can make it easier for people to travel to the area in just 30 minutes.

"With this toll road, tourist access from the Sinaksak area who wants to vacation in the area becomes easier, or for the people of the Tebing Tinggi area who want to try the typical Siantar culinary to be faster," he said.

Even though two new toll roads have been opened, his party still urges the public to keep preparing EU cards and tapping cards if they want to pass on the two toll roads.

"This section is a section that has just opened so we still urge toll road users who will pass to keep preparing EU cards and tapping cards," he said.

He also appealed to all road users to drive in accordance with the rules and regulations that apply while crossing the toll road, including driving at a minimum speed of 60 kilometers per hour and a maximum of 100 kilometers per hour, and not using the shoulder of the road except in an emergency.

" road users are asked to immediately rest in the nearest resting place if they feel sleepy", he concluded.