Surakarta City Government Anticipates 14 Million Christmas And New Year's Tourist Vehicles

SOLO - The Surakarta City Government is trying to anticipate the occurrence of a density of 14 million tourist vehicles that come to Solo during the Christmas and New Year 2023 periods.

Head of the Surakarta City Transportation Service, Taufiq Muhammad, said that he had received a study related to traffic density during the year-end holiday period.

According to him, from the results of the study, it is estimated that there will be around 14 million vehicles entering Central Java during the Christmas and New Year 2023 periods. As for the destination points for these visitors, especially in tourist attractions and shopping centers.

Therefore, his party will anticipate traffic jams within the city of Solo. He said one of the efforts made was to reduce the density of the Gilingan Viaduk by optimizing the opening of the Joglo Cross, which is currently being worked on by the flyover.

In addition, the opening of the Solo-Klaten Toll Road is also expected to reduce the number of vehicles entering the city of Solo just to pass.

He said several densely prone areas in Solo City, including the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Solo Safari, Lokananta, Mangkunegaran Temple, Kasunanan Palace, Gede Market area, Klewer Market area, Gatsu-Ngarsopuro Corridor, and a number of modern shopping centers.

In addition, he said, what was also of concern was the limited parking space in several tourist attractions in Solo.

"Like the Zayed Mosque, which has minimal parking for large buses, so that later we maximize it at the Tirtonadi Terminal. In addition, Solo Safari will be optimized in the Solo Summer Land parking lot. We will also equip the public transportation fleet that passes through the parking location so that passengers can take passengers to the intended tourist attraction," he said.

In addition, his party will also deploy a number of officers for traffic regulation and at locations prone to traffic jams.