Thursday, April 28, Traffic At The Merak Toll Gate Is Observed Congested

Traffic density conditions for homecoming at the Merak Toll Gate/Photo: Antara

MERAK - Traffic flow at the Merak Toll Gate, Banten, was observed to be congested by homecoming vehicles heading to Merak Harbor, Thursday 28 April. The route to Sumatra has indeed been very congested in the last hour, so in the three zones that we carried out, now we are implementing the zone three pattern, namely the red situation. So we are overhandling from the Traffic Directorate and then working with the Serang City Police Satlantas, then Cilegon and from the Korlantas elements Police," said AKBP Alfaris Pattiwael, quoted by Antara. The Banten Police implemented a traffic engineering scheme in the Gerem area which is adjacent to the Merak Toll Gate and Jalan Gerem, Merak which leads to Jalan Cikuasa Atas on Thursday. "On the spot we reported at the Gerem Post. we do traffic engineering here leading to the Cikuasa Atas road, so in Cikuasa Atas, on the other road which is where we wait if the conditions in Upper Cikuasa are quiet, we will send them there," said Gerem. Banten Police also carried out traffic engineering from Cikupa, then in East Serang to West Cilegon. Banten Police also coordinated with PT Marga Mandalasakti (MMS) as the manager of the Tangerang-Merak Toll Road. the application of green, yellow, and red zones," said AKBP Alfaris Pattiwael. Based on Antara's observations in the field at 05.00, there was traffic congestion at the Merak Toll Gate.

A similar condition also occurred on Jalan Gerem where a traffic engineering scheme was also implemented. Based on data released by ASDP Merak Branch, as of Wednesday (27/4) at 20.00 WIB, the number of passengers crossing from Merak Port was recorded at 261,741 people. of pedestrian passengers as many as 12,307 people and passengers in vehicles as much as 249,434 people. The number of vehicles crossing from Merak was recorded at 60,734 vehicles, with two-wheeled vehicles as many as 9,129 vehicles, four-wheeled vehicles 32,218 vehicles, then buses 2,044 vehicles and trucks 17,343 vehicles. The Head of Public Relations of the Banten Police, Kombes Pol. Shinto Silitonga, explained that the prediction for the peak of going home would occur around April 28-30, 2022.