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        "msgid": "ministry-of-public-works-to-revamp-rest-areas-at-km-57-and-60-ahead-of-year-end-holidays-1775123458",
        "date": "2026-04-02 15:44:33",
        "title": "Ministry of Public Works to Revamp Rest Areas at KM 57 and 60 Ahead of Year-End Holidays",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Ministry of Public Works plans to renovate the rest areas at KM 57 and 62 on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road to address severe congestion experienced during the recent Eid exodus, with improvements targeted for completion before the 2026 Christmas and New Year holidays. Minister Dody Hanggodo highlighted limited access capacities and converging traffic as key issues, and the ministry will coordinate with toll road operators and private entities to enhance services and upgrade facilities. To mitigate investment challenges due to seasonal demand, the government is preparing 15 functional rest areas and encouraging use of off-toll facilities to distribute traffic more evenly.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Public Works (PU) will revamp the\nrest areas at KM 57 and KM 62 on the Jakarta-Cikampek (Japek) toll road\nto anticipate congestion ahead of the Christmas 2026 and New Year 2027\nholiday period (Nataru). Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo stated that\nboth rest areas were critical congestion points during this year\u2019s Eid\nhomecoming traffic. \u201cLater, Jasa Marga will form a team to determine how\nthe rest areas should be renovated or restructured so that the\ncongestion problem can be resolved,\u201d Dody said during a discussion with\nthe media in Jakarta on Thursday. He explained that the improvements are\ntargeted to be completed before the year-end holiday period to prevent a\nrecurrence of the extreme density seen during Eid. According to him, one\nof the main problems at the KM 57 rest area is the limited capacity of\nentry and exit access, which cannot accommodate surges in vehicles.\nAdditionally, the KM 62 rest area area is a convergence point for\nvehicles from various directions, potentially causing density when\ntraffic volume increases. \u201cIndeed, several points like that must be\naddressed so they do not become sources of congestion when traffic\nconditions are very heavy,\u201d Dody stated. Dody said the Ministry of\nPublic Works will coordinate with toll road business entities (BUJT) and\nprivate parties in implementing the improvements. He added that\nincreasing the capacity of rest area services is also a focus to\naccommodate the needs of road users. \u201cWe target it to be completed at\nthe latest before the 2026 Nataru holidays,\u201d he said. On the other hand,\nthe Ministry of Public Works is also promoting the upgrading of Type B\nrest areas to Type A to increase service capacity on toll roads.\nHowever, he acknowledged that developing rest areas still faces\nchallenges from an investment perspective due to seasonal usage needs.\n\u201cThe problem is that the need is only during holiday seasons, so\ninvestors are still considering it,\u201d Dody said. As an alternative, the\ngovernment has prepared around 15 functional rest areas that can be used\nduring vehicle surges. These functional rest areas are expected to serve\nas temporary solutions to reduce the burden on main rest areas. In\naddition, the Ministry of Public Works is encouraging holiday travellers\nto utilise facilities outside the toll road, such as mosques and rest\nareas near toll exit accesses. These steps are hoped to distribute\nvehicle flow more evenly, thereby reducing density at specific\npoints.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ministry-of-public-works-to-revamp-rest-areas-at-km-57-and-60-ahead-of-year-end-holidays-1775123458",
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