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and standardized principles.
                                                                                                 Pembangunan        jalan     tol
                                                    On the other hand, the Ministry of Public    penting untuk meningkatkan
                                                    Works and Housing also serve as both         konektivitas yang lebih efisien
                                                    a regulator and a stimulator in toll road    dalam     rangka    mendukung
                                                    administration. As set out in Law Number 2
                                                    of 2022 on the Second Amendment to Law       pertumbuhan ekonomi dan
                                                    Number 38 of 2004 on Roads, the Ministry        meningkatkan daya saing.
                                                    of Public  Works and Housing (PUPR)
                                                    guarantee  fulfillment  of  public  interests
                                                    through implementation of Minimum            Development of toll roads is vital
                                                    Service Standards (SPM) on toll roads        to more efficient connectivity to
                                                    and toll tariffs according to the people's   support economic growth and
                                                    purchasing power.
                                                                                                    build up competitive edge.
                                                    The Ministry of Public Works and Housing
                                                    also  guarantee  investment   security
                                                    to support business continuity and
                                                    strengthen investor confidence in the toll
                                                    road  sector.  The  guarantee  for  investors
                                                    includes  a  promise  for  fair  profit  without
                                                    renouncing toll road users’ need for tariffs
                                                    that does not cross their willingness to pay.   costs of toll road development are getting
                                                                                               increasingly competitive, toll tariffs can
                                                    To ensure the balance, the Ministry of Public   be pushed down  further. Moreover, in  the
                                                    Works and Housing maintain its control     future, toll road businesses perhaps  will
                                                    through the SPM application mechanism.     earn their revenues not only from toll tariffs,
                                                    If toll road business entities fail to comply   but also from other business models.
          including foreign investors.              with SPM, an increase in toll tariffs can be
                                                    postponed. Postponement of a toll tariff   According to this framework, sustainable
          The Minister of Public Works and Housing   increase shall also apply in the event of an   toll road administration requires a proper
          tirelessly promulgates a reminder to      economic downturn, for example during the   system that complies with the institutional
          employ good governance to toll roads,     Covid-19 pandemic.                         setting.  This begins  with execution of a
          starting from funding, construction, to                                              Concession  Agreement (PPJT) between
          management. The implementation of such    In   terms    of   regulations,  SPM       ITRA and toll road business entities as a
          good governance is expected to improve    implementation is set out in Regulation of   way to ensure that all the minimum service
          toll road quality and service to road users   the Minister of Public Works and Housing   standards are well accomplished. Laws and
          on a continuous basis.                    Number  16  of  2014  regarding  realization   regulations provide the bases for these
                                                    of toll roads' main functions,  which are   matters, especially the Law on Roads and
          The reason is that toll road administration   comprised of comfort, safety, and smooth   the Law on Job Creation.
          requires the  government, represented by   travel of toll road users. In addition, there
          the Indonesia  Toll Road  Authority (ITRA),   is also Regulation of the Minister of Public   In the end, a sustainable toll road also
          to engage  with and provide service to    Works and Housing Number 10 of 2018        needs to keep up  with a  variety of
          various parties.  To execute such tasks   on Service and Rest  Areas (TIP) across    developments in today’s era. In addition to
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          successfully  and  professionally,  the   toll  roads,  which  governs  the  supporting   facilitating comfortable travel through toll
          government's internal effort to improve toll   ecosystem within service and rest areas.  road development, we may also need to use
          road governance includes implementation                                              Internet-based information technology,
          of the Integrity Zone (ZI) and Clean Serving   Regarding toll tariffs, the Ministry of Public   including in rest areas, as currently toll
          Bureaucratic  Area (WBBM) across the      Works and Housing encourage toll road      road users rely heavily on such technology.
          Indonesia  Toll Road  Authority (ITRA). It   business entities to utilize technologies   We hope that toll road administration in
          is hoped that through the effort, each    optimally to cut back on the budget        Indonesia can gradually work toward such
          service provided complies with the proper   required for toll road development.  If the   goals and realize them in the near future.


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