Three Holidays, 366,566 Vehicles Passing on the Trans-Sumatra Toll Road

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – PT Hutama Karya (Persero) recorded 366,566 vehicle flashed across Highway Trans-Sumatra ( JTTS) post the moment leave together in commemoration Maulid Nabi Muhammad SAW.

This figure represents the accumulated Average Daily Traffic ( LHR) during the joint leave holiday from Thursday (10/28/2020) to Saturday (10/31/2020) from several Toll Gates (GT).

The GTs are South Bakauheni on the Bakauheni-Terbanggi Besar (Bacter) Toll Road, the Pekanbaru GT at Pekanbaru-Dumai toll road (Permai), and GT Blang Bintang on the Sigli – Banda Aceh Section 4 Indrapuri-Blang Bintang Toll Road.

Operation Director I Hutama Karya Suroto said, the highest peak of LHR was at the time
long holiday the weekend occurred on Thursday (28/10/2020) at 16.53 percent compared to the normal LHR.

“There has been an increase of up to 92,260 vehicles that pass during long holidays and collective leave,” said Suroto.

Also read: Long Holiday, Check-Points are Prepared on Three Trans-Sumatra Toll Roads

Suroto continued, the peak backflow of vehicles passing from Sumatera island towards the island of Java via exit toll (toll exit) South Bakauheni on the Bacter Toll on Sunday (1/11/2020) reached 6,933 vehicles.

With the increasing number of passing vehicles, Hutama Karya has provided checkpoints on three toll roads namely, the Terbanggi Besar-Pematang Panggang-Kayu Agung (Terpeka) Toll, Bacter Toll, and Permai Toll Road.

In addition, Hutama Karya also formed a Covid-19 Emergency Response Team which is tasked with ensuring that all managed toll branches have taken preventive measures and socialization of Covid-19.

Each toll road branch also carries out various service efforts, namely, distributing masks, hand-sanitizer, as well as cards Electronic Money (EU).

Hutama Karya also appealed to all road users to comply with the prevailing rules and regulations Highway.

For example, driving in prime condition, checking vehicle condition, and ensuring sufficient EU balance before crossing the toll road.

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