Contraflow And One Way During Christmas And New Year Holidays Are Implemented When Vehicle Volume Is Moving

National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo Photo: BPMI Setpres/Muchlis Jr

JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo asked the Traffic Corps to implement flexible vehicle flow engineering during the 2022 Christmas and 2023 New Year holidays. Of course, by following the situation on the ground.

"Make traffic engineering arrangements for Eid Al-Fitr 2022 as a reference for implementing contraflow and one way on toll roads and arteries, it must be carried out flexibly according to the field situation and referring to vehicle volume data from PT Jasa Marga traffic counting," said Listyo Sigit while chairing the 2022 Candle Operation Forces Ceremony at the National Monument's Cawas Field, Jakarta, Thursday, December 22.

Then, traffic engineering is also requested to be carried out around the ferry port road. The goal, so that there is no accumulation.

Not to forget, Sigit also asked his staff to focus on preventing disturbances in road congestion and traffic accidents.

"Make sure there is no accumulation of vehicles that will make the crossing by increasing the number of ships, utilizing alternative ports and providing adequate parking bags," he said.

On the other hand, this four-star general also reminded to improve security patterns in locations prone to conventional crimes. The reason is, based on the results of the 2021 analysis and evaluation (anev), the highest crime occurred in December.

"Increase patrols of vulnerable areas and vital objects as well as carry out socialization in order to improve the safety standards of the residential environment, especially for people who will leave their homes or remain silent," said Sigit.

For information, the National Police held Operation Candles in a scheme to secure the 2022 Christmas Holidays and 2023 New Year.

Meanwhile, the operation will start from 23 December 2022 to 2 January 2023.