Minister Of Transportation Expects Eid Backflow Arrangements To Run Better

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi (front) while inspecting the Palimanan Toll Gate, Sunday (1/5). (Antara/Kemenhub)

JAKARTA - The Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi hopes that the success of overcoming the traffic congestion of the homecoming flow with a number of traffic engineering (traffic) can also be applied during the return flow of Lebaran.

"The success of traffic engineering on the homecoming flow is also expected to occur on the reverse flow," said Minister of Transportation Budi Karya when inspecting the Palimanan Toll Gate, Sunday.

The Minister of Transportation said that the traffic density that had occurred on the peak day of going home on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road to the east, could still be overcome through a number of traffic engineering implemented.

“Indeed, there was a problem when implementing contra flow and oneway for the first time. But then it can be handled well, "he said.

He revealed that the success of overcoming the traffic congestion of Lebaran this year was due to the coordination carried out by the Police, Jasa Marga, the Ministry of Transportation, and other related elements.

"We prepared in advance by conducting simulations," said the Minister of Transportation as quoted by Antara.

The Minister of Transportation further explained that with one-way traffic engineering, the journey from west to east to Semarang can be passed quite smoothly.

Two points that are of particular concern to the government to be handled are the Jakarta - Semarang toll road and the Merak crossing.

At the peak of going home, at Merak Harbor there was also a density due to the high spike of travelers who would cross.

To overcome the density, two ports have been added in Ciwandan and Indah Kiat, as well as increasing the number of ships.

It is recorded that as many as two ships operate at the Indah Kiat Pier and nine ships operate at the Ciwandan Pier. So that the total number of ships operating the Lebaran crossing from Merak to Bakauheni and Panjang Port, Lampung is 53 ships.