JAKARTA - The automatic entrance gate (gate) to the North Jakarta Tanjung Priok Port area, which is the cause of long traffic jams along arterial roads in the area.

"Gate error, which should be automatic, is made manually, so it takes a long time to serve trailer trucks entering the port area," said North Jakarta Metro Police Traffic Unit Head Kompol Edy Purwanto in Jakarta, quoted from ANTARA, Wednesday, May 15, morning.

In addition, currently there are five cargo ships docked at Tanjung Priok Port which cause trailer truck cars to queue to move goods from the ship to the car.

According to him, these two things affected arterial roads in the Tanjung Priok Port area on Wednesday morning.

In addition, the dense activity of residents leaving for work has increased the volume of vehicles, resulting in long traffic jams.

"We have coordinated with the Port Police and made efforts to regulate traffic," he said.

In addition, he appealed to residents who have no interest in Tanjung Priok Port to find other alternative routes.

"We continue to strive so that this traffic jam is disbursed and back to smooth," he said.

Previously, a long traffic jam occurred from Jalan Yos Sudarso to the Tanjung Priok Port area on Wednesday morning.

This congestion also occurs at the exit point of the toll gate near the port area.

Bahkan sejumlah sopir truk trailer yang ada di jalan tersebut turun dan mematikan mesin mobil mereka karena antrean kemacetan yang cukup panjang.

Meanwhile, the opposite happened on Jalan Yos Sudarso from the direction of Tanjung Priok Port to Kelapa Gading and there was no traffic jam.


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