Cirebon - The traffic flow on the North Coast Road (Pantura) in Cirebon City, West Java, is getting denser on Tuesday evening or H-4 Lebaran 2026 as the volume of vehicles from Jakarta to Central Java and vice versa increases.
Head of the Youth Intersection Security Post, Cirebon City Police, Iptu Suganda, said that the increasing volume of traffic flow began to be seen since the afternoon around 15.00 WIB, especially after the one-way system was implemented on the toll road.
After that, according to him, there was an increase in vehicle movement on the pantura artery from both directions.
"For traffic flow density, around 15.00 WIB, there has been an increase, especially vehicles from Java to Jakarta," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, March 17.
He explained that until now, officers have not implemented traffic engineering specifically, but they still arrange vehicles on the ground to maintain the flow of traffic.
"For traffic engineering, we have not implemented it, but officers are making arrangements so that vehicles can continue to move and not stop too long on the road," he said.
Based on data from the Cirebon City Transportation Office (Dishub) Traffic Count (TC) Team, during the period from 00.00 WIB to 19.30 WIB, a total of 62,858 vehicles were recorded passing from Jakarta to Central Java.
Of this number, the vehicles that passed were dominated by motorcycles with a total of 53,104 units. The average number of vehicles that pass every hour reaches around 2,619 units.
This number increased by about 3.69 percent compared to the H-4 Lebaran period in 2025 on Jalan Pantura, Cirebon City.
Previously, the Cirebon City Police Chief AKBP Eko Iskandar said that an increase in vehicle traffic had been visible for the past two days, both on toll roads and arteries.
He explained that the policy of applying one-way on the toll road could trigger a spillover of vehicles to arterial roads, especially the Pantura Cirebon.
"Usually arterial roads, especially the pantura, will be affected by the discharge of traffic from the toll when one way is implemented," he said.
His party has prepared anticipatory steps, including the possibility of diverting traffic to the Cirebon-Indramayu alternative route if there is congestion.
"We are ready to provide services so that people can return home safely and comfortably, and traffic engineering will be carried out according to the assessment in the field," said Eko.
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