There is a ‘local return’, 150 thousand vehicles will pay a toll to Padati

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The government has banned the welcoming community at 2020 Eid. However, Jasa Marga estimates that there is a local phenomenon of returning home from Surabaya to the surrounding cities / regencies.

Approximately 150,000 vehicles are forecast to go home from Surabaya on the seventh day of Eid to H + 1 Eid. Precisely, it is estimated that 149,462 vehicles will leave the city of Surabaya on the highway.

“According to our analysis, the movement of round-trip vehicle traffic in the eastern region has its own characteristics. Therefore, the movement is dominated by local movements back home,” said Hendri Taufik, GM Representative 3 Jasamarga Transjawa toll road, at a press conference on Tuesday (5/12) 20)

These local commuters are said to be passing through a series of toll gates (GT) such as GT Gempol or GT Kejapanan Utama. The daily return flow from Eid-ul-Fitr to D + 7 going to Surabaya is forecast to reach 161,015 vehicles.

“We predict that there will be around 149,000 Lebanese local vehicles from Surabaya south and east, with 58 percent going to Malang,” he said.

Meanwhile, overall, Jasa Marga predicts a decrease in traffic flow during Lebaran. Jasa Marga Operations and Maintenance Group Chief Fitri Wiyanti explained the volume of traffic when Lebaran fell 62.5%. This reduction is calculated based on the volume of traffic at the time of the Corona outbreak and the application of the Jakarta Capital City PSBB on April 13.

“The decrease in traffic volume of the Lebanese traffic flow by 62.5% to go home or out of Jakarta and the return flow decreased by 58.7%. The calculation depends on the traffic volume of COVID-19 and the DKI Jakarta PSBB app, “Fitri said. same opportunity

“The decrease in traffic volume occurred due to the assumption that no one would go from one side to the other,” he continued.

Fitri Wiyanti said the peak of the return trip will take place at the H-3 Lebaran or on May 21, 2020. The peak of the reverse flow is expected to occur on May 25, 2020 or the H + 2 Lebaran.

(Hoi Hoi)