Homecoming 2023, 4 Thousand Homecoming Vehicles Predicted To Take Advantage Of Bengkulu Toll Road

Vehicles that use the Bengkulu - Taba Penjung Toll Road. (DOC. ANTARA)

BENGKULU CITY - To anticipate the flow of Eid al-Fitr 1444 Hijriah homecoming, PT. Hutama Karya prepared around 120 officers to be on standby on the Bengkulu - Taba Penanjung toll road which is divided into three hours of work in 1 x 24 hours.

The 120 officers were alerted to unravel the congestion that occurred at the toll gate by helping motorists make payment transactions.

Hutama Karya, Bengkulu's representative, predicts that as many as 4,000 vehicles will pass on the Bengkulu - Taba Penanjung Toll Road at the peak of the homecoming flow in the area.

"We predict that during Eid al-Fitr, as many as 4,000 vehicles will pass using the Bengkulu - Taba Penjung Toll Road on peak days which will peak the homecoming flow on D+2," said Bengkulu - Taba Taba Tampanya Gustian toll road Branch Manager in Bengkulu City, Saturday.

He mentioned that the prediction of 4,000 vehicles is because currently the average daily average of vehicles passing through the toll road is around 1,100 vehicles.

The increase in vehicles passing through the homecoming flow occurred after the central government allowed people to go home during Eid al-Fitr.

In addition, his party has prepared special lanes and personnel to make it easier for motorists to refill electronic toll card balances.

Meanwhile, Bengkulu toll road costs did not increase and the same as before, namely class I around Rp. 22 thousand, class II and II Rp. 33 thousand and class IV and V of Rp. 44 thousand.

Previously, from April 26 to May 9, 2022, when the homecoming and reverse flow of Eid al-Fitr 1443 Hijriah, the total number of vehicles passing reached 45,355 four-wheeled vehicles.

For the highest number of use of the Bengkulu Toll Road, namely on backflow from May 3-9, by recording around 31,991 vehicles passing while the homecoming flow from March 25 to May 2 is around 13,364 vehicles.

It is known that the Bengkulu Toll Road has a length of 17.6 kilometers, the first toll road in Bengkulu Province has a planned speed of 80 km/hour and has a travel time of approximately 15 minutes from Bengkulu to Taba Penanjung which previously took about an hour.