Predicted MotoGP Spectator Attending 100 Thousand People, NTB Police Arrange Traffic Scenario

JAKARTA - The West Nusa Tenggara Police have finished compiling a traffic control scenario ahead of the MotoGP event.

Director of Traffic (Dirlantas) Polda NTB Kombes Pol. Djoni Widodo explained that this traffic control scenario will be a guide for people who want to watch the grand performance.

"The traffic regulation will serve as a guide for people who will watch the Mandalika MotoGP from March 18 to 20, 2022," Djoni said in a press release, as quoted by Antara, Friday, March 4.

In that scenario, the Mandalika MotoGP audience who attended was estimated at 65,000 to 100,000 people.

According to him, later the spectators who enter or come will pass through five entrances to the island of Lombok.

The five entrances to the island of Lombok are the ZAM International Airport in Central Lombok, Gili Mas Harbor, Lembar Harbor, Bangsal Harbor and Kayangan Harbor.

In order to avoid the accumulation of vehicles in the parking area of the Mandalika Circuit, he continued, some will be directed to the former Selaparang Airport, Mataram City, especially for the Mandalika MotoGP spectators who came from the Bangsal Port of North Lombok.

At the five entrances, a place for ticket verification will be prepared, and COVID-19 officers will check health procedures for prospective MotoGP spectators.

For the former Selaparang Airport, potential spectators from outside, inside or staying in Mataram City, will have their completeness checked, both tickets and other documents, which are required for spectators.

Dirlantas Polda NTB stated that officers had also prepared 278 modes of transportation consisting of 27 large minibuses, 70 medium buses, and 181 small buses.

"At each entrance, a free vehicle has been prepared to go to the Mandalika Circuit for MotoGP spectators," said Kombes Pol. Djoni.

The free vehicle for MotoGP spectators, he said, would have passed due diligence, both for officers and for the car.

In addition, the free car for the Mandalika MotoGP audience is equipped with a special sticker so that the audience does not enter the wrong vehicle.