Minister of Transportation Assessing the Coordination of Christmas Traffic Flow Has been Good

By : Herry Barus And Aldi Firhand. A | Monday, December 25 2017 - 19:53 IWST

Congestion on Toll Road (Foto Ist)
Congestion on Toll Road (Foto Ist)

INDUSTRY.co.id - Cikarang - Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi assess the coordination between agencies to regulate the flow of homecoming Christmas 2017 and New Year 2018 went well, so there is no tremendous congestion.

"Indeed there is still a traffic jam, but thanks to the coordination between Police, Jasa Marga, and Department of Transportation, the implementation of this year's homecoming holiday is going well," said Minister of Transportation Budi Karya to media crews in Cikarang, West Java, Sunday (24 / 2017)

It was delivered after he monitored the flow of homecoming Christmas and New Year in Brebes, Pemalang, and Cikarang.

It is said that the government is continuing to try the implementation of the 2017 Christmas Mudik much better than in previous years, among others by continuously improving coordination of inter-agency and building toll road.

The number of vehicles going home this year, he said, there is an increase of about 58 percent from year to year. "The increase is possible because of the construction of toll roads so many people who use cars for going home," he said.

To smooth backflow, the minister said the government would recommend banning heavy vehicles from operating on December 29, 2017 to January 1, 2018.

The Minister of Transportation also urges travelers to return to Jakarta before January 1, 2018 in order to avoid congestion on the road.

PT Jasa Marga (Persero) estimates that the peak of Christmas holiday reversal projected to occur on H + 1 or December 26, 2017, traffic flow at toll gate (GT) Cikarang Utama which becomes access in and out of Jakarta, is predicted to increase as much as 90,520 vehicles or up 27.49 percent from the normal 71,000 vehicles.

When compared to 2016, then the increase in traffic volume during the peak of the return of Christmas this year rose 0.18 percent.

As for the peak flow of homecoming 2018 which is projected to occur in the H-3 on December 29, 2017, an increase in vehicles will occur in GT Cikarang Utama. Predicted, the volume will then increase 22.4 percent or as many as 95,500 vehicles from the normal traffic flow 78,000 vehicles.

Increasing the volume of vehicles at the peak homecoming holiday New Year 2018 was predicted not only occur in GT Cikarang Utama.

A number of toll gates are expected to experience an increase in traffic volume, among them the GT Cileunyi-Purbaleunyi Toll Road, which increased by 13 percent from normal to 31,919 vehicles, GT Ciawi- Jagorawi Toll Road is predicted to increase by 55 percent from normal to 34,417 vehicle.

GT Cengkareng - Jakarta-Tangerang-Cengkareng Toll Road is predicted to increase by 5.8 percent from normal to 95,557 vehicles.

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