Up 2.6 Percent, 2.73 Million Vehicles Will Leave Jabodetabek Via Jasa Marga Toll Road On The Nataru Holiday

President Director of Jasa Marga Subakti Syukur. (Photo: VOI/Mery Handayani)

JAKARTA - PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk, predicts that there will be as many as 2.73 million vehicles leaving Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi (Jabodetabek) during the long Christmas 2022 and New Year 2023 holidays (Nataru). The traffic of these vehicles will pass through the company's four main toll gates. President Director of Jasa Marga Subakti Syukur said the number of vehicles increased by 2.6 percent compared to the Nataru holiday in 2021 as many as 2.6 million vehicles. Furthermore, Subakti said the peak of the Nataru holiday flow occurred on H-2 before Christmas 2022 or 23 to December 30, 2022. Meanwhile, the peak of the backflow is predicted to occur on December 25, 2022 to January 1, 2023. "The peak for Christmas and New Year homecoming is Friday (December 23, 2022). Then the return is on the D-25 (December 2022) and 1 (January 2023) it falls on Sunday," said Subakti when Ngopi BUMN in Jakarta, Monday, December 12. Subacti revealed that as many as 47 percent of vehicles will head east via the Trans Java Toll Road. Then, as many as 30.6 percent of vehicles will head towards West or Merak and 22.4 percent head to the southern direction or Ciawi Toll. Furthermore, Subakti said that his party will carry out a monitor per hour. Because, he said, the government's concern is there at KM 60. "This is a vehicle gathering point from Java so it requires a greater capacity," he explained.

Meanwhile, Subakti continued, the volume of vehicles on backflow through four main toll gates is estimated to reach 2.71 million. This number is up 1.2 percent compared to the Nataru holiday in 2021 or by 2.6 million vehicles. For traffic distribution during the return flow period, namely from the East direction 47.4 percent. Then, from the West (Merak) 30.1 percent, and from the South (Ciawi) 22.5 percent. Subakti said, Jasa Marga will open the Jakarta-Cikampek or South Japek Toll Road section 3 Sadang-Kutanegara. The toll road will be opened functionally from 18 December 2022 to 7 January 2022. "The use of the toll road is still free or free of charge. Because toll roads have not been officially operational," he explained.