During One-Way, Return Travellers Can Use Rest Areas on the Opposite Lane

PEMALANG, KOMPAS.com – The application of traffic engineering in the form of contraflow and one-way on the Trans Java Toll Road sections makes the readiness of support facilities, such as rest areas, crucial for return travellers. This is especially true when vehicle flow increases and long-distance travel demands drivers to rest periodically. The President Director of PT Pemalang Batang Toll Road, Lasino, assured that the rest area facilities on the sections under his management are ready to serve the needs of return travellers, both in terms of completeness and capacity. The two rest areas are located on strategic routes passed by return travellers during the return flow, including when traffic engineering is applied. “This is the most complete rest area in terms of facilities; at the back there is a playground, there is a chapel or church, usually it’s only a mosque,” he said. “We have also prepared SPKLU. At KM 319, by chance, it’s the SPKLU Center, with 8 dispensers and 16 nozzles. At KM 338, there are about 5 dispensers with 10 nozzles,” Lasino stated. The presence of public electric vehicle charging stations (SPKLU) adds value, especially for return travellers using electric vehicles passing through the Trans Java route. Because they can enter rest area B, or the rest area actually intended for vehicles heading west (to Jakarta). For information, on Wednesday morning (18/3/2026), traffic engineering is still in effect to ease the density of vehicles heading to the eastern region of Java Island. In addition, the one-way system phase I is still in effect from KM 70 of the Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road to KM 263 of the Pejagan–Pemalang Toll Road since 15:18 WIB the previous day.