Walkot Cilegon Hopes Center For Land Assistance Smooths Plans For Addition Of 2 Merak Port Piers

The arrival of the drivers at Pelabuan Merak, Cilegon, Banten, Saturday (13/4/2024). (ANTARA/Desi Purnama Sari)

BANTEN - Mayor (Walkot) Cilegon Helldy Agustian hopes that there will be additional piers at Merak Port, Cilegon, Banten, to help reduce the density of travelers every year. "If we monitor it, it feels like there must be an additional dock at Merak Port because we know that currently there is one executive port and six regular ones," said Helldy in Cilegon, Banten, Monday, April 22, confiscated by Antara. He said there were at least two more piers at Merak Port, because according to him, the results of direct monitoring of the Lebaran 2024 homecoming flow, there were far more passengers compared to two-wheeled vehicles. "Because if I directly monitor the addition of passengers which is much more than the two-wheeled vehicle. Because this always shifts, therefore there are at least two more piers," he said.

In addition, he hopes that the provision of land assistance from the central government can be realized as soon as possible, at least on the Christmas 2024 and New Year 2025 holidays can be realized. "So at the moment of Christmas 2024 and New Year 2025 tomorrow we can use it," he said. Previously, PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) noted that as many as 79 percent of travelers had returned to Java Island. Based on data from the Bakauheni Command Post, the number of ships operating was 38 units on D+5 Lebaran 2024. The total realization of 110,483 passengers had crossed on D+5, followed by 9,181 units of two-wheeled vehicles, 13,207 four-wheeled vehicles, and the total production of all vehicles on D+5 was 24,847 units.