If you drop accepted toll at the airport, what can you get?

KOMPAS.com – Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X, Governor of Yogyakarta Special Region, questioned the construction of the toll road directly connected to Yogyakarta International Airport or Kulon Progo International Airport .

Sultan said that the main objective of the construction of Yogyakarta International Airport or Yogyakarta International Airport was to stimulate the economic growth of the inhabitants of the DIY sector, especially Kulon Progo .

"The airport is for Yogyakarta's economic growth.If you leave the airport, you get the toll, Yogyakarta can do it.We can not get anything, just eat it," said the Sultan after having attended the Syawalan event at Kulon Progo on Wednesday (06/19/2019).

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The sultan has indeed questioned the existence of the toll road, whether or not it is beneficial to the community.

"For toll roads, it's worth talking about, if the people of Kulon Progo do not get anything, why should they build a toll road, and do the airports build," he said.

Kulon Regent Progo Hasto Wardoyo said his office had determined four main routes to the airport.

From Yogya to Karangnongko Wates which is a national highway, the Southern Cross Road (JJLS), Daendels Road, and train.

"So (the airport) can be reached via Jalan Daendels, JJLS, via the national highways and then use the train.The Daendels road will eventually pbad under the airport terminal," Hasto said while saluting the media team yesterday.

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He explained that currently the four main lines of the airport are being worked. With the details for JJLS, it has started now.

"While Jalan Daendels is also being expanded, while the national roads are wide in some places, the country is divided into two lines," he said.