Note, the Police Prepare Situational Traffic Engineering during the Akbar Concert at Monas

The Jakarta Symphony Hall is back to holding concerts in the middle of the city, for all ages and all ages. The concert, which will be conducted by conductor Stephen Tong, will be held at the Monas Southeast Cross, which will start at 18.30 WIB. (ANTARA/Instagram/@jakarta.event/Ilham Kausar)

JAKARTA - The Directorate of Traffic (Ditlantas) of the Metro Jaya Police has prepared a traffic engineering scheme (lalin) that is situational around the National Monument (Monas) area, Central Jakarta, following the implementation of the Akbar Concert on Saturday night.

Head of Training and Operations (Kabag Bin Ops) of the Traffic Police, Polda Metro Jaya, Kompol Robby Hefados, said the concert had the potential to cause traffic congestion in the surrounding area.

"We inform the public that there is such an activity at Monas and we urge the public to avoid the area or the South Merdeka Street, including the Gambir or East Merdeka gates," said Robbydi Jakarta, Saturday.

However, despite the potential for congestion, the police did not immediately enforce the closure or diversion of traffic since the concert began.

The scheme of closing and diverting vehicle traffic will be applied selectively and situational if the traffic conditions around Jalan Merdeka Selatan are not moving.

"The closure and diversion of roads are carried out on a situational basis if Merdeka Selatan is indeed filled with two-wheeled and four-wheeled parking, or is filled with the community, so that it cannot be crossed. Therefore, we will only carry out road engineering," said Robby.

Regarding parking lots, he said there were several parking lot locations around the Monas area that could be used, namely IRTI Monas, Gambir area and Istiqlal Mosque parking lot.

As is known, the Jakarta Symphony Hall is again holding a concert in the middle of the city for all ages and all ages.

The concert, led by conductor Stephen Tong, was held at the Monas Southeast Cross starting at 18.30 WIB.

The concert featured a large-scale symphony orchestra and choir performance in the open space of the Monas area, and can be enjoyed by the public for free.