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Yakarta, alive – The toll is a highway for four or more vehicles with wheels. But some of us may not know, if the name ‘toll’ is the abbreviation of English prayers even though it often crosses it.
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If in Singapore and Malaysia, the highway is better known as Expressway or Fast Lane. While people in other countries in the European region call it highway or road.
Therefore, only Indonesia uses unique terms, namely, tolls. Dissitat of a literacy series, ‘tolls’ means taxes on location or taxes paid in the place.
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The term refers to the obligation of the car driver to pay a sum of money when entering the highway. However, some sources are from the opinion, the true toll road is not short for a prayer.
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But only the language is transferred from the term toll road or on the paid road. Adapted from the online page of the etymology dictionary, the toll is a paid tax, the charged rates or costs.
Etymologically, in middle English, toll is a general term to mention payments or taxes requested by the authorities. The word is taken from ancient English, toll, which means taxes, tribute, travel or rental money.
History of the toll road in Indonesia
Cited from the Daihatsu page, in 1973, the Indonesian government received foreign loan funds delivered to PT Jasa Marga as a capital participation in the Jakarta road budget -Bogor – CIAWI (Jagorawi).
The history of the first toll road in Indonesia was marked by the inauguration of the Jagorawi toll road carried out by President Soeharto on March 9, 1978.
The Trans Java toll road is the first option for travelers because it connects several important cities in Java, ranging from Cirebon, SEMARANG, Yogyakarta and Surabaya.
At that time, land acquisition was funded by the Government and its construction was still carried out by state companies. The total construction of the Jagorawi toll road spent around RP. 16 billion with a 52 -kilometer road section. At the time of the inauguration, the construction of the Jagorawi Baru toll road included the Jakarta – Citeureup section.
Jagorawi’s first toll road is used by a car driver that is generally through the Cibinong or Parang route from Bogor to Yakarta. In the first inauguration, there are eight toll tickets that can be used and can accommodate the capacity of up to 50 thousand vehicles every day.
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History of the toll road in Indonesia
