JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung claims that the long traffic jam in the Tanjung Priok Port area after this year's Lebaran will not be repeated.
This condition is said to be different from mid-April 2025, when a surge in loading and unloading activities triggered a queue of trucks that caused severe congestion.
Pramono said that this improvement was the result of proactive steps that had been prepared long ago, one of which was by providing special parking lots for trucks and containers.
"Learning from the experience after last Eid when there was a horror traffic jam in Tanjung Priok, the DKI Jakarta government together with Pelindo, without friends knowing and knowing, we worked together, and the DKI Jakarta government gave Pelindo approximately 5 hectares of space in Tanah Merdeka Terminal for parking," said Pramono at the DKI Jakarta City Hall, Tuesday, March 31.
According to Pramono, the lack of parking space for loading and unloading activities after last year's Lebaran was one of the main triggers of congestion. The surge in activity at the port was not matched by the capacity of the logistics vehicle storage.
"This is so that it is not like the past, because there is an increase in activity at the port, while there is no parking space and then it causes a horror jam like last year," said Pramono.
The former Cabinet Secretary ensured that after this year's Lebaran, activities in the port area were more under control. The parking lot prepared was able to accommodate hundreds of containers, reducing the queue on the road.
"Alhamdulillah until today, until now after Eid al-Fitr, activities at Tanjung Priok are running well and normal because in that place can accommodate about 200 containers," he said.
Furthermore, the DKI Provincial Government also does not charge for the use of the land. This policy was taken into account considering the much greater potential losses if congestion occurs again.
"For this reason, we also make it free for Pelindo because the cost if there is a traffic jam like last year is too high," he added.
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