The Peak Of The 2024 New Year Holiday Backflow, Contra Flow To One Way At 18.30 WIB

JAKARTA - The Traffic Corps (Korlantas) of the National Police has implemented contra flow traffic engineering or against currents to unravel congestion during the peak of the backflow of the 2024 New Year holiday.

Head of the Ops Korlantas Polri Kombes, Eddy Djunaedi, said that this scheme was implemented because a buildup of vehicles had begun.

"Contra flow KM 188 to KM 72. Then, KM 72 to KM 47 contra flow two lanes," said Eddy when contacted, Monday, January 1.

The engineering of contra flow traffic is not only up to KM 47 or precisely at the completion point of Jalan Layang Sheikh MBZ (Mohamed Bin Zayed). Because, it will be continued to KM 36.

"Then or at KM 47 to KM 36 a contra flow of 1 lane is applied," he said.

In fact, the plan is to implement a one way scheme at around 18.30 WIB. The reason is that the number of vehicles passing through the Cikampek toll road is increasing.

"Now we are cleaning. It is estimated that at 18.30 WIB the one way will be opened," said Eddy.

The Ministry of Transportation predicts that the peak flow of the New Year's holiday will occur on January 1 and 2, 2024.

This is reinforced by data from PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk, which projects that vehicles returning to Jabotabek reach 140 thousand vehicles, an increase of 28 percent from the peak of the 2022 Christmas and 2023 New Year homecoming flows, namely 110 thousand vehicles.

The majority of vehicles that will travel back come from the East, namely the direction of Trans Java.