Jasa Marga to Apply Electronic Toll Collection in October

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - State-owned toll operator Jasa Marga will implement electronic toll collection across Indonesia in October. Jasa Marga spokesman Dwimawan Heru said that the company currently operates 950 toll gates. As many as of 47 percent of which are automatic ones.

He confirmed that Jasa Marga toll gates serve electronic collection. Many still believe that electronic collection my only be done in automatic toll gates. "The fact is that manual toll gates can also collect electronic money," he said Tuesday in Jakarta. Therefore, he said that the company must continue to educate road users on the system.

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Jasa Marga reports that electronic money penetration rate in all toll roads operated by the company stood at 29.15 percent as of June 2017. Heru is confident that the penetration rate will rise if customers are willing to use electronic cards in manual toll gates.

Jasa Marga has now operated electronic toll collection in Jakarta and its neighboring cities, such as at toll gates Cililitan 3, Halim 3, Semanggi 1, Senayan, Cengkareng 3, and Bekasi Barat 3.

Earlier, the Public Works and Public Housing Ministry, together with Bank Indonesia, banks and toll operators, are preparing electronic toll collection system. Public Works Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said that since the government’s announcement on plan to implement electronic toll collection months ago, the use of electronic money has increased by only 33 percent, particularly during Eid and due to discounts. Going forward, the government plans to apply multi-lane free flow (MLFF) for highways in December 2018.

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