151,000 Vehicles Predicted to Return to Jakarta via Banyumanik This Weekend

As many as 151,000 homecoming vehicles are predicted to return to Jakarta via the Banyumanik Toll Gate (GT) this weekend.

On Saturday (29/4/2023), there was an increase in the flow of people returning to Jakarta through GT Banyumanik, in the city of Semarang, Central Java. An increase can be seen when compared to Thursday (27/4/2023) and Friday (28/4/2023).

At that time the number of vehicles entering Semarang City via GT Banyumanik and heading to GT Kalikangkung, onwards to Jakarta, was lower than last Tuesday (25/4/2023).

Prajudi, Main Director of PT Trans Marga Jateng (TMJ) which manages the Semarang-Solo toll road starting from GT Banyumanik, explained that on April 25, the number of homecoming vehicles returning to Jakarta reached 66,000.

Prajudi explained, when viewed from the data during the 2023 Eid period, the number of homecoming vehicles coming from Jakarta to Central Java reached 433,000 units. Meanwhile, to date, only 282,000 vehicles have returned.

This means that there are still around 151,000 vehicles in Central or East Java that have not yet returned to Jakarta.

Prajudi said that if it was assumed that all vehicles would return to Jakarta, then the 151,000 vehicles would be divided into 3 days, starting this Saturday to Monday (1/5/2023). So that on average there will be around 50,000 vehicles leaving Semarang City, heading for Jakarta.

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