Two Padang-Sicincin Toll Roads Claimed To Be Passed During The 2025 Eid Holiday

A number of vehicles piled up at the entrance to the Padang-Sicincin Toll Gate during the Christmas and New Year 2025 holidays in Padang Pariaman Regency, West Sumatra. (ANTARA/Muhammad Zulfikar)

Head of the West Sumatra Provincial Transportation Service (West Sumatra) Dedy Diantolani said that two Padang-Sicincin toll roads, which are part of the Trans Sumatra (JTTS) toll road, can be passed during the Lebaran 2025/Idul Fitri 1446 Hijri holiday.

"The Hutama Karya Infrastruktur yesterday said that the mass transportation for the Lebaran holiday, which falls in March 2025, can be passed by the Padang-Sicincin Toll Road," said Head of the West Sumatra Transportation Service, Dedy Diantolani, in Padang, Monday.

The 36.6-kilometer Padang-Sicincin Section Toll Road has been piloted functionally from December 21, 2024 to January 2, 2025. However, Hutama Karya only opened one route because one path is still in the completion stage.

"So during the Lebaran holiday, people will be able to use these two toll roads," said Dedy.

He said that from the trials carried out, fans or users of the Padang-Sicincin Section Toll Road were classified as high. Based on the Hutama Karya report, the toll road is the highest traffic for JTTS during the Christmas and New Year 2025 holidays.

According to him, by crossing the toll road which began construction in early 2018, the community only needed 30 to 40 minutes to get to Sicincin, Padang Pariaman Regency.

But the West Sumatra Transportation Agency reminded Hutama Karya to immediately complete a number of traffic signs that were still lacking along the freeway.

Meanwhile, Operations Director III Hutama Karya Koentjoro said the Padang-Sicincin Toll Road was the busiest road with a record of 46,900 vehicles passing during testing.

"The Padang-Sicincin toll road is the prima donna because it connects the community to Bukittinggi, which is one of the main tourist destinations in West Sumatra," he said.