Day: May 2, 2022

State-owned toll operator PT Jasa Marga has recorded a total of 763,864 vehicles leaving Jakarta via Soekarno-Hatta Airport as of D-1 of Eid al-Fitr 1443 Hijriah this year.

“From D-10 to D-1 of Eid Al-Fitr in the period from April 22–May 1, 2022, Jasamarga Metropolitan Tollroad recorded a total of 763,864 vehicles leaving Jakarta for Soetta Airport (Soekarno-Hatta Airport), an increase of 5.49 percent compared to traffic volume during the new normal transactions (November 2021), namely 724,138 transaction vehicles,” Head of the Marketing and Communication Department of Jasamarga Metropolitan Tollroad Irra Susiyanti informed in a written statement here on Monday.

The traffic was distributed between two toll gates (GTs). The first was GT Cengkareng on Prof. Dr. Ir. Soedijatmo street, which recorded a traffic volume of 603,061 vehicles, a 6.36-percent increase compared to the new normal traffic of 566,989 vehicles.

The second was GT Benda Utama 2 Kunciran-Cengkareng Toll Road, which recorded 160,803 vehicles, or a 2.33-percent increase in transaction traffic volume compared to the new normal transaction traffic volume of 157,149 vehicles.

According to Jasamarga Metropolitan Tollroad, as many as 321,459 vehicles exited Bandung to go to Rancaekek, Garut, and surrounding areas through the Cileunyi Toll Gate. The transaction traffic volume showed an increase of 9.18 percent compared to the new normal traffic of 294,443 vehicles.

The volume of transaction traffic from the opposite direction, or to Bandung via GT Cileunyi, was recorded at 272,112 vehicles, a decline of 3.08 percent compared to the new normal traffic of 280,753 vehicles.

Jasa Marga urged people to prepare before traveling by checking the condition of their vehicle, the driver, the fuel and e-toll balance, as well as traffic engineering schedules, and following the directions issued by officers on the field.

Jasa Marga also asked toll road users to use the same e-toll for payments on toll roads with a closed transaction system, such as at the Cipularang and Padaleunyi toll roads and the JORR II Toll Road. Thus, only one e-toll would need to be used for transactions at the entrance and exit toll gates.

 

Source: Antara News

Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN), Erick Thohir, on Monday described this year’s Eid as a momentum for revival.

“This year’s Eid is a revival,” said Thohir at the At-Thohir Mosque, here.

The minister called Eid Al-Fitr 1443 Hijriah a great momentum for a nation that has struggled hard to face several challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It’s been two years, so, of course, conditions like today are a day of awakening, and God willing, Indonesia will go in a better direction,” said Thohir.

Given the large economic growth, at the current momentum of revival, job openings need to be maintained, he added.

“With extraordinary economic growth, of course, what must be maintained is job creation,” he said.

The Minister of SOEs appealed to all elements of the nation to make Eid al-Fitr a momentum to strengthen togetherness and mutual cooperation for restoring the national economy.

“With synergy and hard work together, Indonesia will be able to increase economic growth to become a big country in the future,” Thohir remarked.

 

Source: Antara News

President Joko Widodo has assured that the 2022 Eid homecoming flow in various Indonesian regions has been smooth.

“I see that everything is going well,” Widodo said after meeting Yogyakarta Governor Sultan Hamengkubuwono X at the Yogyakarta Palace here on Monday.

Regarding the long queues of vehicles at Merak Port, Banten, the President said that the volume of vehicles exceeded the capacity of the docks and ships.

However, he assured that the long queues could be reduced by increasing the number of ships and docks.

“The ships have been increased from 30 to 50, but it is not enough,” the President noted.

According to the President, the 2022 Eid homecoming flow was joined by around 85.5 million people traveling on 23 million four-wheeled vehicles and 17 million motorcycles.

“The numbers are really very large, so I urge you to come back early. Do not return on Saturday and Sunday, so there will be traffic jams, especially on toll roads and national roads,” he said.

At least 1,757,837 vehicles left Greater Jakarta area during the period from April 22 to May 1, 2022, or a day before Eid al-Fitr, state-owned toll enterprise PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk reported earlier.

In a statement issued on Monday, Jasa Marga’s corporate communication and community development group head, Dwimawan Heru, informed that the figure is the cumulative traffic figure from four main toll gates (GT).

The toll gates comprise GT Cikupa (Merak), GT Ciawi (Puncak), GT Cikampek Utama, and GT Kalihurip Utama (Trans Java and Bandung).

“The total number of vehicles that left Greater Jakarta increased by 18.6 percent as compared to the normal period of November 2021, with the total of 1,482,047 vehicles,” he said.

The vehicles leaving Greater Jakarta were headed in three directions.

The majority of them, or 945 thousand vehicles (53.8 percent), headed east, namely to Trans Java and Bandung; at least 484,653 vehicles (27.6 percent) headed west, namely to Merak; meanwhile, 328,184 vehicles (18.7 percent) headed south, namely to Puncak.

 

Source: Antara News