20 Ton truck Often Enter Toll, Jasa Marga questions come up short Road maintenance costs

Jakarta -the highway Damage often occurs as a result of the vehicle charged more than 20 tons, more then the tares. Finally PT Jasa Marga Tbk (JSMR) one of the toll operators have to bear the cost of repair is greater.

"It is with a truck laden 20 tonnes, power damage to one vehicle more noticeably. Because hitungannya load per vehicle load binary 8.2 tonnes, "said Director of operations, Hasanuddin to Jasa Marga detikFinance, Sunday (12/8/2012).

The company's operating expenses were getting bounced. The reason the frequency of repairs three times faster than before.

The streets are broken is lane that often occurred when a large vehicle. On the left side of the road. While driving on the right that a lot of small vehicles crossed conditions, asphalt is relatively durable.

"With higher loads, the improvements are far greater. Which is usually three years one time (patches), could a year ago. Forms improvements could be exfoliation or coating, "he explained.

Hasanuddin mapping out stretches of the most traveled toll trucks laden large, including Jakarta-Cikampek toll road, Tangerang Surabaya toll, to access the Freeway towards Tanjung Priok.

"The toll, such as the truck passes Priok more. Then sometimes we've felt the bridge shaking when passing trucks, "he asserted.

"The potential for safety on the motorway are also great, because of the low speed trucks only 30 miles per hour. Whereas in the tol, could nabrak from the back, "said Hasanudin.

If the Government, through the BPJT, change of tariff classification toll to six, from the previous five, will certainly be welcomed Hasanuddin. "It's in its Government. Yet we greet well if there's the addition of the toll rates, "he added.

(wep/hen)