Reviewing The Density Of Merak Port, Minister Of Transportation And Coordinating Minister For Human Development And Culture Prepare Long Ports To Unravel Congestion

JAKARTA Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi accompanied the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) Muhadjir Effendy, inspecting Merak Port, Sunday, April 7. The Minister of Transportation and the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) explained several steps to break down the density in Merak.

Budi Karya conveyed that to unravel the density in Merak, his party will maximize Panjang Port, Lampung as an alternative crossing route to serve travelers when there is a density.

"We maximize it to be able to take advantage of the Panjang Port in Tanjung Karang, Lampung. A long route will be made, both from Bakahueni and Ciwandan. Later, the designation will be sorted. Because, if it is long then it saves almost 1 hour of travel for those who want to go to the capital city of Lampung. This is very positive," he said in his official statement, Sunday, April 7.

In addition, Budi said that he had asked the Banten Police Chief to take action against ODOL trucks (Over Dimension Over Load) because they felt that the presence of this truck on the road would hamper the speed of travelers' vehicles, resulting in congestion.

Earlier we had an agreement with the Kapolda, there are legal actions that we must take against ODOL without exception. We ask the owners to obey, or we will sideline them not to walk, because they are disturbing the journey back and forth this time," he said.

Meanwhile, Muhadjir said that he had taken a policy that the ship from Merak to Bakauheni would only send passengers and then return to Merak.

Meanwhile, to unload, it will be carried out from the port of Ciwandan to Bakauheni or Ciwandan to Panjang Port. Coordinating Minister Muhadjir said he would still see the progress of the policy. Because, in the current situation, the number of passengers is quite large.

"Besides, we will see developments, later the ship from Merak to Bakauheni will only drop passengers, all of them, and immediately return to Merak to transport passengers. There is no more scheme 7-3 or 4-3, then for those who dismantle and load it only from Ciwandan to Bakauheni, or to Panjang. Meanwhile, Merak is specifically to drop it. It's empty to refill it. Of course we will see developments because considering the anticipation of the current situation development," said Muhadjir.

Banten Police Chief Komjen. Pol. Rudy Heriyanto Adi Nugroho conveyed that people who do not have tickets are expected not to buy tickets on trips. This is because it will disturb people who already have previous tickets.

"So we urge people who will go home to Merak, they are expected to buy tickets before leaving for Merak from home. There are already online facilities that will reduce traffic on toll roads or Merak," he said.

President Director of PT ASDP Ira Puspadewi said that the ticket had expired until April 8, 2024, there were no additional tickets so that the people who left were people who already had tickets in their hands. Indeed, it's been the same as getting on the plane or fire level, when it runs out it can't be added," he said.