Congestion Points In Solo, One Of The Causes Of Homecomers Buying Souvenirs

Illustration of Trans Java Semarang-Solo Toll Road Km 437, Central Java. (Between)

SOLO - Density occurs at a number of points in Solo City on D+4 Lebaran 2022. One of the density points occurs in many souvenir selling centers.

Head of Traffic Division of the Surakarta City Transportation Service, Ari Wibowo, said that apart from the souvenir center, community activities are still centered on tourism and culinary areas.

"These include the Ngapeman Intersection to the south, namely Honggowongso Street, along Slamet Riyadi Street, Faroka Kerten Intersection, Purwosari, Gendengan, and Nonongan," he said in Solo, quoted from Antara, Friday, May 6.

He said that the traffic density on a number of roads was still dominated by four-wheeled vehicles with out-of-town license plates. "The plates from our observations in the field are mostly B, D, L, N," he said.

In addition, congestion also occurs at the Klodran toll gate. He said several vehicles were seen leaving the city of Solo to return to their original areas.

"For Solo City on two days of Eid (Monday and Tuesday) the number of vehicles going in and out had decreased to around 370,000, now it's increasing again, yesterday to 423,000 vehicles going in and out. However, this is still below the average when going back and forth. yesterday, which was about 500,000 vehicles that came in and out," he said.

Meanwhile, to anticipate the occurrence of long traffic jams, his party continues to monitor through the CC room. "For high traffic flow, we give a longer green light. If there is an extraordinary traffic jam, officers will be deployed," he said.