Truck Operations to be Postponed

Kompas/P Raditya Mahendra Yasa

A group of homecoming travelers are forced to stop and replace their car tire which blew out when passing on an emergency road in Taman district, Pemalang regency, Central Java, Thursday (29/6). It is predicted that the return flow will become increasingly crowded in the next three days until Sunday.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS – The Transportation Ministry has urged businesses using freight trucks to postpone the operation of their fleets until midnight Sunday (2/7), in order to prevent severe congestion at the peak of the holiday return traffic. The Indonesian Logistics Association (ALI) has responded positively to the ministry’s call.

“We have sent a letter to the Indonesian Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas) to anticipate congestion at the peak of the return flow caused by renewing the operation of freight trucks with three axles or more. In the letter, we have asked Korlantas to urge freight trucks with three or more axles to postpone the operation of their fleets until Sunday (2/6) at 12:00 a.m.,” said land transportation director general Pudji Hartanto in Jakarta, Thursday (29/6).