New Year's Eve, 150 Buses Ready to Serve Ancol Visitors
Reported by Budhi Firmansyah Surapati | Translated by Trias Risangayu
Jakarta Vice Governor, Djarot Saiful Hidayat acknowledged that the city administration has prepared parking lots and 150 visitor buses on New Year’s Eve celebration in Ancol. The effort purposes to anticipate traffic congestion.
We’ve prepared 150 buses for the visitors in Ancol
He continued that vehicle is forbidden to enter Ancol area. As replacement, a parking lot will be set up around the recreational site. Then the visitor will be pick up and drop off with buses heading to Ancol.
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He added his party also plans to close Jalan Sudirman-Thamrin at 7 PM due to Car Free Night event. The current New Year will not set up stage along the road.
“We do this because the roads were crowded by more than 120,000 people in 2014. And this must be anticipated,” he remarked.