House approves toll rate hike: The House of Representatives (DPR)

House approves toll rate hike: The House of Representatives (DPR) endorsed a proposal on Wednesday from Minister of Settlement and Regional Infrastructure Soenarno for a 25 percent increase in toll rates. The House's special team to deliberate the toll rate suggested that the toll hike should not apply to public transport vehicles or to vehicles passing through toll roads that were already enjoying a profit such as Jagorawi and Sedyatmo toll roads. In addition, the House also asked the government to declare the one-kilometer toll road over Citarum river on the main road from Jakarta to Bandung a public road. The House also asked toll operators to build flyovers to overcome traffic jams in certain segments of the toll roads in Jakarta and to allow heavy vehicles to pass through toll roads only after 9 p.m. -- Antara