Work starts on Ngawi rest area

Work starts on Ngawi rest area

SURABAYA: The East Java provincial administration is currently
building a rest area for motorists near the border with Central
Java in Ngawi.

The facility, which is expected to be completed in March next
year, is built off a busy highway in Pengkol, a village near the
town of Ngawi, Antara reported.

The two-hectare facility includes restaurants and cafes as
well as a children's playground, a garden and souvenir shops.

Abdul Muis, head of marketing at the East Java office of the
Ministry of Tourism, Post and Telecommunication, said the
presence of the rest area is expected to help reduce traffic
accidents along the busy East Java and Central Java road.

Similar facilities will also be built between Banyuwangi and
Jember, and between Tuban and Bojonegoro, Abdul Muis said. (emb)