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)