Government sets toll road fees
Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The government has set the fees for newly completed sections of the Jakarta outer toll road and increased the fees on those that connect the capital with West Java province.
According to the three presidential decrees signed by President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Wednesday, the newly built road sections are parts of the Jakarta-Cikampek-Purwakarta- Padalarang highway and the Jakarta Outer Ring Road (JORR) projects.
Deputy Cabinet Secretary Erman Rajagukguk told The Jakarta Post the decrees were signed just a few hours before New Year.
The last section of the JORR megaproject was completed with the construction of the 3.4-kilometer (km) route between Pondok Pinang to Veteran and the 4.5-km section linking Taman Mini interchange and Jatiwarna, East Jakarta.
Presidential Decree No. 107/2003, effective on Thursday, sets the fee from Veteran to Jatiwarna at Rp 7,000 (82 US cent) for jeeps, sedans and small buses and trucks, while from Pondok Pinang to Jatiwarna it is Rp 6,000 for the same categories of vehicle.
The first part of the JORR was constructed in the early 1990s by companies owned by former president Soeharto's eldest daughter Siti Hardijanti Rukmana.
The highway encircles the capital and is meant to provide an alternative route for trucks and other large vehicles so that they do not enter the city on their way to and from Tanjung Priok seaport in the north of Jakarta.
Another Presidential Decree, No.105/2003, says the 12.5-km section between Dawuan and Sadang, West Java, and the five-km route linking Padalarang and Cikamuning, also in the province, are parts of the toll road connecting Jakarta and West Java.
The two sections are part of the planned 59-km highway between Cikampek and Padalarang, which will shorten the journey time from Jakarta to the West Java capital, Bandung.
The Cikampek to Sadang route is the extension of the Jakarta to Cikampek toll road, with the fee set at Rp 11,500 for jeeps, sedans and small trucks and buses, between Jakarta and Sadang.
Along with the two decrees, Megawati also signed Decree No. 106/2003, which raises the toll fee between Jakarta and Cikampek from Rp 6,000 to Rp 8,000 for the same categories of vehicle.
New toll road fees
Section
Jakarta to Sadang
11,500 (I) 10,000 (IA) 19,000 (IIA) 16,500 (IIAP) 23,500 (IIB)
Veteran to Jatiwarna
7,000 (I) 7,000 (IA) 8,500 (IIA) 8,500 (IIAP) 10,000 (IIB)
Padalarang to Cikamuning
5,500 (I) 4,500 (IA) 8,500 (IIA) 7,000 (IIAP) 10,000 (IIB)
Jakarta to Cikampek
8,000 (I) 6,500 (IA) 14,000 (IIA) 11,000 (IIAP) 16,500 (IIB)
Group I: jeep, sedan, small bus, truck
Group IA: small public bus, truck
Group IIA: large truck, bus
Group IIAP: large public bus
Group IIB: large truck and bus with three axles or more