The new toll road is part of the 90.43 km Solo-Ngawi toll road. With the operation of the Sragen-Ngawi section, the 90- km Solo-Ngawi toll road would be fully operational as the 35.22 km Kartasura-Sragen section was already operational in July this year.
The Solo-Ngawi toll road itself is part of the Trans Java toll road linking Merak in the western part of Java and Banyuwangi in the eastern end of the island.
With the Solo-Ngawi toll road fully completed, all toll road sections of the Trans Java toll road would be fully operational by the end of this year.
By the end of this year toll toad between Jakarta and Surabaya would be connected and in operation by the end of this year, the president said.
Director General of Highway Construction and Maintenance (Bina Marga) Sugiyartanto said the 90.43 km Solo-Ngawi toll was built under a 40-year contract of Rp11 trillion. Construction began in 2011.
It is important for the economic development in that region, he said.
Reporting by Bambang Dwi Marwoto
Editing by Yoseph Hariyadi
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Editor: Heru Purwanto
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