There Will Be A New Year's Eve Celebration, CFD Sudirman-Thamrin Canceled December 31

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will hold a celebration of New Year's Eve 2024 along Jalan Sudirman-Jalan MH Thamrin and the National Monument (Monas) area, Central Jakarta.

On that basis, the Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, said that his party eliminated the free day of motorized vehicles (HBKB) or car free day (CFD) in Sudirman-Thamrin on December 31 in the morning.

However, on the day before the Christmas celebration on December 25, people were still able to exercise at CFD Sudirman-Thamrin.

"On Sunday, December 24, there was still CFD, then on December 31 there was none," Syafrin told reporters, Monday, December 18.

The plan is that the celebration of New Year's Eve with the concept of a car free night which contains the celebration of Jakarnaval in the Monas area and Mudi Muda Night in Sudirman-Thamrin will be held again by the DKI Provincial Government.

"A car free night will be held at Thamrin-Sudirman. The car free night plan starts at 31 p.m. Then there is also Jakarnaval," said Syafrin.

The celebration of the turn of 2023 to 2024 will be held no different from last year. Where, there will be 7 stages at locations spread along Sudirman-Thamrin during the New Year's Eve festival.

The stages are each placed in the Sarinah area, the HI Roundabout area, the Dukuh Atas area, the Sudirman JPO area, the Hillir Dam area, and two stages in the SCBD area.

On December 31, there will be a narrowing of 2 lanes along Jalan Sudirman-Thamrin. Then, road closures began to be carried out during the car free night.

In addition, New Year's Eve at the district/city level was also held in six areas, namely Thamrin 10 in Central Jakarta, North Jakarta Mayor's Office, West Jakarta Mayor's Office, Setu Babakan in South Jakarta, Old Shanghai in East Jakarta, and Untung Island Java in the Thousand Islands.