Minister Of Transportation Invites People To Go Home Early Starting This Weekend 23 April, Can You Take Leave?

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi gave a statement to reporters when met on the sidelines of the launch of Blue Bird's 50/30 Sustainable Vision in Jakarta, Wednesday night. (ANTARA/Citro Atmoko)

JAKARTA - Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi invites people to go home or return to their hometowns early to avoid a build-up of vehicle traffic approaching the Eid day.

"We invite residents to go home early, starting on 23 (April)," Budi said when met on the sidelines of the launch of Blue Bird's 50/30 Sustainability Vision, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, April 20.

The Minister of Transportation said that his party together with the National Police Headquarters and also the Ministry of PUPR made very detailed preparations for this Eid homecoming.

"Imagine going home this time up 40 percent compared to 2019. If 40 percent is very high. The President is worried, we were told to do a simulation," said the Minister of Transportation.

The simulation was carried out with various techniques such as odd-even, one-way, contra-flow rules, and three-axle trucks are not allowed to pass on toll roads and arteries.

"With 40 percent, if the odd-even success rate is 30 percent the same as DKI, then it will be good. Otherwise, it will fail. The failure rate is quite high," said the Minister of Transportation.

Therefore, his party predicts that if there is no public awareness not to go home together on April 29 and 30 2022, there will be traffic jams.

"So don't expect to be able to go to Semarang in 6 to 7 hours, it can be doubled," said the Minister of Transportation.

The Minister of Transportation said that the call for going home early was starting to be felt in the community. He said that during his visit to Madura, residents seemed to have started going home faster.

"Live now on land, which is indeed the most complicated. It happened in Palimanan, Jakarta to Semarang and the exercise was there," said the Minister of Transportation.