Omicron 'Crazy', Metro Jaya Police Postpones Street Race

Participants ride their motorbikes during the Polda Metro Jaya Street Race in Ancol, Jakarta (ANTARA DOK)

JAKARTA - The Traffic Directorate of Metro Jaya Police has decided to postpone the second street race. The reason is that the spread of the COVID-19 variant, Omicron, is going crazy.

"However, the implementation will wait for the right time because Omicron is at a high level", said Traffic Director of Metro Jaya Police, Kombes Sambodo Purnomo Yogo, to reporters on Wednesday, February 2.

With the increasing spread of COVID-19, Sambodo is not sure when the street race event will be held. Although, at the beginning, the event was planned to be held in mid-February 2022.

"Yes, we will postpone it until we wait for the right time. We should have played in mid-February", said Sambodo.

However, Sambodo said the preparation process was still ongoing. Especially in determining the location of the street race.

"So the circuit preparation, implementation preparation, community meetings are still ongoing", said Sambodo.

Previously, Metro Jaya Police planned to move the location of the street race which was previously held in the Ancol area, North Jakarta. This transfer is to find a more suitable location.

In the plan to move the location of the street race, continued Sambodo, his party is looking for the right location. There are at least three potential locations that are deemed to meet the criteria.

"We will conduct a survey tomorrow, maybe we will review the track in BSD, including Bekasi City and Depok. We will survey the three locations for the second race", he said.