Probolinggo–Banyuwangi Toll Road (Probowangi Toll Road) is a
toll road
A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a controlled-access highway in the present day) for which a fee (or ''toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemented ...
in
East Java
East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean bord ...
. The toll road will connect
Probolinggo Regency
Probolinggo Regency ( id, Kabupaten Probolinggo) is a List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, regency in East Java province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,696.17 sq. km, and had a population of 1,096,244 at the 2010 Census and 1,152, ...
,
Situbondo Regency and
Banyuwangi Regency. The toll road will be integrated with
Port of Ketapang to allow crossing from Java to
Bali
Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...
. The toll road is the final phase of
Trans-Java Toll Road with
Port of Merak on the western end. It is currently under route planning phase, but the construction of the first phase of this toll road was expected to be operational around 2024.
History
The groundbreaking for the first section of the toll road was done on 6 February 2023 by the
Minister of Public Works and Housing
The Ministry of Housing and Public Works ( bn, গৃহায়ন ও গণপূর্ত মন্ত্রণালয়; ''Gr̥hāẏana ō gaṇapūrta mantraṇālaẏa'') is a ministry of the government of the People's Republic of Ba ...
,
Basuki Hadimuljono
Mochamad Basuki Hadimuljono (born 5 November 1954) is an Indonesian bureaucrat who currently serves as the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing under Joko Widodo. Before his appointment as minister, he had worked for the Indonesian Ministry ...
with expectations that the first phase will be operating in 2024.
Sections
The toll road is divided into 6 sections:
* Section 1: Kraksaan–Paiton,
* Section 2:
Paiton–Besuki,
* Section 3:
Besuki
Besuki is the name of a district (''kecamatan'') in Situbondo Regency, East Java, Indonesia with an area of 26.08 km2. In 2004, its population was 57,109 people. In ancient time the city was important because it was the capital of the Resid ...
–
Situbondo
Situbondo Regency is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of East Java province, Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,638.50 km2, and had a population of 647,619 at the 2010 Census and 685,967 at the 2020 Census. It is located in east end of Java before ...
,
* Section 4: Situbondo–Asembagus,
* Section 5: Asembagus–Bajulmati,
* Section 6: Bajulmati–
Ketapang,
See also
*
Trans-Java Toll Road
References
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Toll roads in East Java