Vesak Panjang Holiday 2024, 288,350 Vehicles Cross The Trans Sumatra Toll Road

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JAKARTA - PT Hutama Karya (Persero) noted that the number of vehicles passing on the Trans Sumatra Toll Road (JTTS) during the long 2024 Waisak holiday period, namely on 23-26 May 2024, was 288,350 units. This number increased by 26 percent compared to normal traffic volume (VLL).

"United together (long weekend) commemorating Vesak Day is again the choice for road users to take advantage of this moment for holidays or recreation," said EVP Corporate Secretary of PT Hutama Karya (Persero) Adjib Al Hakim through his official statement, Monday, May 27.

The figure is an accumulation of vehicles that cross at least 8 sections of JTTS. Such as vehicles crossing the Terbanggi Besar-Kayu Agung Toll Road (Terpeka) as many as 59,238 units or an 11 percent increase from normal VLLs, vehicles crossing the Palembang-Prabumulih Toll Road (Palindra & Inprabu) there are 47,872 units or an increase of 103 percent from normal VLL and vehicles crossing the Bengkulu-Taba Penjung (Bengtaba) Toll there are 7,894 units or an increase of 20.08 percent from normal VLL.

"Meanwhile, 21,199 vehicles crossing the Pekanbaru-Bangkinang (Pekbang) toll road increased by 32.89 percent from normal VLL," said Adjib.

Then, vehicles crossing the Pekanbaru-Dumai (Permai) Toll Road reached 59,673 units, an increase of 14.08 percent from normal VLLs, vehicles crossing the Indrapura-Kisaran Toll Road as many as 31,954 vehicles or 15.3 percent higher than normal VLLs and vehicles crossing the Binjai-Tanjung Pura (Binsa) Toll Road as many as 42,776 units, an increase of 19 percent from normal VLLs.

"Meanwhile, vehicles crossing the Sigli-Banda Aceh Sibanceh Toll Road reached 17,744 units, an increase of 40 percent from normal VLL," he said.

During that period, said Adjib, the most crossing sections were the Pekanbaru-Dumai Toll Road with a total of 59,673 vehicles.

"Meanwhile, the toll road with the highest traffic growth is the Palembang-Prabumulih Toll Road with an increase of 103 percent when compared to the normal VLL," he added.