The Flow Of Christmas And New Year's Holidays 2025 In East Java Is Predicted To Reach 110 Million People

East Java Regional Police Traffic Director Kombes Pol. Komarudin. (ANTARA/HO-Bidhumas East Java Police)

JAKARTA - The East Java Regional Police (Polda) predicts that the flow of the Christmas and New Year 2025 holidays in their area will reach 110 million.

East Java Regional Police Traffic Director Kombes Pol. Komarudin said the prediction was based on the results of a survey from the Ministry of Transportation.

"East Java is the highest origin area and is the highest destination area in movement which has increased by 2.82 percent from 107 million movements, predicted this year to be 110 million movements, this is what we anticipate preemptive, preventive stages have been carried out," he said during the deployment of the 2024 Semeru Candle Operation Force in Surabaya, Friday, December 20, confiscated by Antara.

Komarudin explained, at the 2024 Semeru Candle Operation, the number of personnel on standby was 18,503,000, consisting of 950 East Java Regional Police, 10,236 police personnel, 7,317 related agencies, while those on standby at PAM Post 150 personnel and YAN Post 44 personnel.

"Hopefully the existence of Pos Pam filled with a combination of all personnel from related agencies, the TNI-Polri and other relevant agencies will be able to provide services to the community during the Christmas and New Year 2024-2025 celebrations," he said.

Furthermore, Dirlantas Polda Jatim also said that his party had also anticipated accidents that used or involved public facilities.

"We have carried out ramp checks and then also appeals to bus and truck transportation entrepreneurs. Today, three-axis and above vehicle restrictions have been carried out. Therefore, personnel will also monitor directly to anticipate the spike that is predicted to occur tomorrow," he said.

Furthermore, there are a number of aspects that are considered. There are several points prone to congestion, there are points prone to accidents, including disaster-prone points.

"We have mapped this, there are several spots. The treatment is also different, for points that are prone to disasters, we have assigned personnel from the Public Works Department including BASARNAS, and other personnel, including facilities and infrastructure," he said.

Including the points that we predict will become new density points, namely the Singosari toll road, Pandaan. It is predicted that the density is up to 0.7 percent, meaning that it has not reached 1 percent of the vehicle volume compared to the road capacity.

His party will estimate that it will also be a crucial point, considering that during this operation, based on predictions from the BMKG that starting today until the end of the year there will be quite extreme weather.

"Therefore, we will anticipate properly, so that we can immediately solve what is a concern or density. Or there is a density that can be resolved as soon as possible," he explained.

In addition, Komarudin also said that the growth of new vehicles in East Java reached almost 800 thousand new vehicles.

"This will also color or participate in movements that increase to 2.82 percent. So that the canalization methods then add buffer zones and traffic engineering, we have added this to anticipate a spike that will occur at the end of the year," he said.