03 Mar Trans Java Development Progress

Photo: Solo-Ngawi Toll Road (jasamarga.com)

After the opening of the 36.27-Kilometers (km)-long Surabaya-Mojokerto (Sumo) Toll Road  late last year, followed by Jombang-Mojokerto (Jomo) and Mojokerto-Kertosono (Moker) Toll Roads, the combined length of East Java Toll Road network were added to 199 km. These additional toll roads are part of the 1167 km Trans Java (Merak-Banyuwangi) toll network targeted to be completed by the end of 2019. Meanwhile, Merak-Surabaya route is targeted to be completed by the end of 2018.

In 2018, the 90.10 km long  Solo-Ngawi Toll Road  will be completed and then connected to the Ngawi-Kertosono Toll Road (87.5 km in length). The two toll roads will connect the cities of Solo and Surabaya after being linked to Sumo, Jomo and Moker Toll Roads. It will shorten the travel time from Solo to Surabaya, and vice versa, to three hours, from normally up to seven hours.

To the west, Semarang-Solo toll road will be connected to the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll through five other toll roads that have been and are being built. As a result, Surabaya and Jakarta will be fully connected by toll network. To the east, Pandaan-Malang and Gempol-Pasuruan toll roads will increase the interconnectivity between cities and industrial centers in East Java.

Connecting all of these toll roads will certainly reduce transportation logistics costs, ease the congestion on arterial roads, shorten travel time and encourage regional economic growth. Investors already began to look at these areas as a potential development site for their companies and/or factories.