Hutama Karya: Vehicle Traffic Volume On Trans Sumatra Toll Road Increases 41 Percent On D+1 Christmas 2024

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JAKARTA - PT Hutama Karya (Persero) revealed, at D+1 Christmas celebrations, the volume of traffic (VLL) that passes on the managed Trans Sumatra Toll Road (JTTS) was recorded at 125,648 vehicles, an increase of 41 percent from normal VLL, reflecting the high mobility of the community during this holiday period.

"VLL vehicles passing through the JTTS section managed by Hutama Karya recorded 125,648 vehicles," said EVP Corporate Secretary of PT Hutama Karya (Persero) Adjib Al Hakim in a written statement, in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Friday, December 27.

His party noted that the daily traffic recap on Thursday, December 26, 2024, includes vehicles crossing the Terbanggi Besar - Kayu Agung (Terpeka) Toll Road reaching 17,379 vehicles, an increase of 36 percent from the normal VLL.

Vehicles crossing the Palembang - Prabumulih (Palindra & Inprabu) Toll Road reached 13,323 vehicles, an increase of 25 percent from normal VLL.

Meanwhile, 2,424 vehicles crossing the Bengkulu - Taba Penanjung (Bengtaba) toll road were recorded, an 82 percent increase from normal VLLs.

On the Betung - Tempino - Jambi Toll Road section 3 (Bayung Lencir - Tempino) there were 6,163 vehicles recorded, an increase of 25.09 percent from the normal VLL. The increase also occurred on the Pekanbaru - XIII Koto Kampar Toll Road which was recorded to have been passed by 10,862 vehicles or an increase of 77.02 percent.

The Pekanbaru - Dumai (Permai) toll road was also crossed by 16,756 vehicles, an increase of 22,86 percent of the normal volume, in addition, vehicles crossing the Indrapura - Kisaran Toll Road reached 11,689 vehicles or 46 percent higher than normal volume.

His party also noted that there were 30,584 vehicles crossing the Kuala Tanjung - Tebing Tinggi - Parapat (Kupat) toll road or an increase of 42 percent from the normal VLL, the Binjai Tanjung Pura (Binsa) toll road as many as 10,742 vehicles, an increase of 46.51 percent from the normal VLL and also vehicles crossing the Sigli - Banda Aceh (Seulimeum - Baitussalam) (Sibanceh) toll 5,737 vehicles or an increase of 98% from the normal VLL.

Meanwhile, separately, the total number of vehicles passing through the functional segment in the same period (26/12) reached 10,000 vehicles with details of the Padang - Sicincin Toll totaling 3,932 vehicles; Binjai Toll - Langsa Section Tanjung Pura - Pangkalan Brandan total 2,632 vehicles; Sigli Banda Aceh Toll Section Seulimeum - Padang Tidji total 1,660 vehicles and Kuala Tanjung - Indrapura Toll as many as 1,776 vehicles (managed by PT Hutama Marga Waskita).