Korlantas Predicts Number Of Homecomers To Increase To 136.7 Million In 2024

JAKARTA - The Traffic Corps (Korlantas) of the National Police predicts an increase in the number of travelers by 6 percent during Eid al-Fitr or Eid Al-Fitr 2024 when compared to the previous year. The number reached 136.7 million people. "If last year there were more than 123 million Indonesians who went back and forth, and traveled during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, if added 5 percent, 6 percent were at 136 million," said Police Headquarters Inspector General Aan Suhanan in a coordination meeting of the 2024 Eid Al-Fitr Traffic Flow Management Readiness meeting at the Borobudur Hotel, Jakarta, Tuesday, March 5. With this lift, all parties were asked to work together to overcome the potential congestion that would occur. Various congestion dissipation schemes must be prepared immediately. In particular, on the Trans Java toll road the most visited by travelers. "The intervention in how to act starts from vehicle restrictions for vehicle transport vehicles with a third axis of upward. Then we also increase the road capacity by conducting contraflows calculated from one lane, two lanes, to three lanes," he said. "The maximum to the addition of road capacity by implementing one way is still quite high," he continued.

In preparing the traffic flow scheme, Aan asked all ranks to conduct a survey first. So, later it will be known for sure what is the problem in every policy implementation. "We are making several preparations, we are conducting lane readiness surveys, surveys of operational readiness, personnel readiness and all infrastructure," said Aan.