Remember! Only VVIP Cars, Presidents, Ministers, And Officials Can Approach Mandalika Circuit, Private Vehicles Are Not Allowed

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) through the Directorate General of Land Transportation has limited private vehicles to the entrance area of the Mandalika Circuit, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). The goal is to attend to congestion due to the accumulation of vehicles.

The Director General of Land Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation Budi Setiyadi said that the vehicles allowed to enter the Mandalika Circuit area were vehicles that were permitted by the committee. This means that private public vehicles that are not included in the categories permitted by the committee cannot enter the area.

"Vehicles that are still allowed to approach the gate are VVIP cars, state officials, presidents, ministers and so on. There is a special place provided, of course with escort. Those who can go there are those who approve the committee," he said at a press conference. virtually, Tuesday, March 1st.

Budi explained that the restriction on the activities of private vehicles or motorbikes to the Mandalika area was aimed at anticipating traffic jams. The government has also prepared public transportation to make it easier for spectators to enter the Mandalika Circuit Area.

"The backbone of transportation for audience mobility is public transportation. With the hope that there will be a kind of harmony or balance, especially if people leave their private vehicles," he said.

Prepare a parking space

Budi said that instead, private vehicles, both four-wheeled and two-wheeled, would be directed to parking points outside the Mandalika Circuit area.

Furthermore, Budi explained that the organizers and the NTB regional government have provided a number of East Parking and West Parking. Budi said the audience would be able to use the transportation provided by the Ministry of Transportation to go to their respective circuit gates.

The details of public transportation provided by the Ministry of Transportation are 27 large buses, 70 medium buses, and 181 small buses. Budi said, the Ministry of Transportation also provides shuttle buses that serve 7 routes within the Mandalika area from West Parking and East Parking to Gate 1, 2, and 3 of the Mandalika Circuit. A total of 184 Thanksgiving buses will be provided.

"The Ministry of Transportation has also prepared 184 medium-sized buses to re-transport or carry passengers from several nodes to locations around the Mandalika area. So we have prepared two, intermodal transport and shuttle buses," he explained.

Budi also explained that for spectators who use the facilities provided, the distance between the drop off location and the designated entrance will not be too far. Only about 100 to 150 meters to each fly door.

"We hope that at the last parking location, we can use our feeder transport to the entrance, at each place there is a sign, as long as I don't get it wrong. For example, people use a red sticker, but following the yellow one it will be quite far but it's also far away already in the area," he said.