Kemenhub Beberkan Cause of Severe Congestion in Peacock Port
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.COM – Merak Port, Banten, is one of the The point of congestion during the Lebaran homecoming period this year, is monitored Density to long traffic jams often occur for several days final.
Director General of Land Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation Budi Setiyadi said, actually the crossing facilities consist of: from the pier and the ship is ready to serve the community crossing.
However, the high volume of traffic in the area around the port make congestion and congestion unavoidable.
Ministry of Transportation
Based on the results of the review conducted, there are several problems that cause vehicles to accumulate in the area Peacock Harbor.
First, there are still people who dont know, buying ship tickets can no longer be done directly or go shows.
As is known, the purchase of a ferry ticket can be done through the Ferizy application developed by PT ASDP Indonesian Ferry.
Now no more (buy tickets direct). However, around the dock there are several agents if you havent made an order through the Ferizy application, said Budi, in a virtual press conference, Thursday (28/4/2022).
OTHER IMPORTANT
In addition, Budi said, there are still many prospective ship passengers the crossing that came much ahead of schedule his departure.
This then results in a buildup in the surrounding area Merak Harbor Ferry Pier.
Say departure time is 10 pm, but who is concerned its already far from 2 in the afternoon. This means vehicles will fill the buffer zone, the parking lot around the pier, said Budi.
SHIP UNITS
Meanwhile, the traffic volume to Merak Port has also experienced significant increase, considering that it is currently included in the the peak period of Lebaran homecoming.
In response to this, one of the steps taken by the Ministry of Transportation together with related parties is to increase the number of piers, to break down the density at Merak Harbor.
Two docks (additional) can already be used for additional digging the traffic jam at the PT ASDP pier, said Budi. Get SELECTED NEWS and BREAKING NEWS updates every day from Kompas.com. Lets join the Kompas.com News Update Telegram Group, how to click the link https://t.me/kompascomupdate, then join. You must first install the Telegram application on the cellphone.
