One-way Line On Trans Java Toll Road Extended To Semarang Bawen Exit

The queue of vehicles while crossing the inner toll road in Semarang City after the implementation of "One Way" to the Bawen toll gate, Semarang Regency, Wednesday night. (ANTARA/ IC Senjaya)

The implementation of a one-way system on the Trans Java toll road from Jakarta to the Kalikangkung Semarang toll gate has been extended to the exit of the Bawen Toll Road, Semarang Regency. Operation and Maintenance Department Head of PT Jasa Marga Semarang Branch, Amat Basuni, said that the one-way system starting from the inner toll road of Semarang City will take effect at 17.08 WIB. "It is carried out in one direction to accelerate the decomposition of congestion," he said in Semarang, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, April 19. According to him, the queue tail of vehicles entering the inner toll road of Semarang City had reached the Kalikangkung toll gate during the day. The flow of vehicles on D-3 Lebaran is unusually congested. According to him, vehicle traffic jams had occurred at two points, namely Jatingaleh and Jangli climbs. "There is a slowdown due to the uphill road contour," he said. It is very difficult to confirm when one direction will apply because it is a police discretion.

Although one direction is applied towards Solo or Yogyakarta, he said, access for vehicles to this direction is still open from a number of toll entrances.