Toll road fare to increase?

Toll road fare to increase?

From Neraca

I am very concerned with the government's plan to increase the toll fares. I don't really know what is behind the plan. Toll road users argue that "business" is the only reason why they are raising toll road fares.

I am sure that the Minister of Public Works knows the situation on the toll roads. More often than not, one takes the toll road only to find that the traffic is congested -- no different from ordinary roads.

The government's plan to build another lane on the Cawang- Grogol toll road is indeed laudable. But later we are informed that the funds needed for constructing this additional lane is going to be collected by raising the fares. Again society has to bear the burden of the project.

Therefore I sincerely call on the government to postpone the plan to increase the fares of the toll roads until two or three years later, as demanded by the House of Representatives.

Also I hope that PT Jasa Marga is honest in giving information about the situation of the toll roads at a particular time so that the road users can take an alternative way and avoid the congested toll roads.

ENI SURYANINGSIH

Depok, Bogor