Jasa Marga Predicts 842,227 Vehicles Will Leave Jabotabek During Eid Holiday

Cikampek Utama Toll Gate. (Photo: Doc. Jasa Marga)

JAKARTA - PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk predicts that as many as 842,227 vehicles will leave the Jabotabek area during the long holiday period of Eid al-Adha 1445H/2024. This number is up 25.53 percent when compared to normal traffic.

The number is an accumulation for five days, namely on Friday, June 14 to Tuesday, June 18.

Jasa Marga Marketing & Communication Department Head Faiza Riani explained that this figure is the cumulative number of traffic flows (traffic) from the four Main Toll Gates (GT), namely Cikupa GT (to Merak), Ciawi GT (to Puncak), and Cikampek Utama GT (to Trans Java) and Kalihurip Utama GT (to Bandung).

For traffic distribution leaving Jabotabek towards all three directions, the majority were 409,536 vehicles or 48.63 percent headed East (Trans Java and Bandung), 239,746 vehicles or 28.47 percent headed West (Merak), and 192,945 vehicles or 22.91 percent headed South (Puncak).

"Jasa Marga predicts that the peak of vehicles leaving Jabotabek will occur on Saturday, June 15 with a traffic number of 195,966 vehicles, an increase of 32.94 percent for normal traffic of 670,913 vehicles," he said in an official statement, Thursday, June 13.

By looking at the increase in the volume of vehicles leaving the Jabotabek area, continued Faiza, Jasa Marga ensures the readiness of Jasa Marga Group toll road operations to run optimally.

"Especially on toll roads that have the potential to become favorite tourist destinations for road users during long holidays, including the Jakarta-Cikampek and Cipularang Toll Roads to Trans Java and Bandung as well as the Jagorawi Toll Road for those heading towards Puncak and its surroundings," said Faiza.

Jasa Marga will also ensure the function of toll equipment at the substation and increase the number of officers and mobile reader to increase transaction capacity at the main toll gate.

Not only at toll gates, he continued, the potential for congestion in lanes is also anticipated by placing officers at density-prone points to accelerate the handling of vehicle disturbances in lanes and regulate traffic.

"Jasa Marga is also ready to support traffic engineering over police discretion, such as contraflow, by placing officers and supporting signs," he said.

"We also ensure that the routine maintenance/maintenance services run optimally to maintain the quality of the Jasa Marga Group toll road in good condition, including dealing with potential disruptions to toll road conditions, especially when high rainfall occurs, quickly and precisely," he added.

For services in rest areas, he continued, Jasa Marga maintains public facilities such as toilets and prayer rooms to operate properly and optimally.

"We will also coordinate with the Police if discretion is needed to open and close the rest area by looking at the available parking capacity," said Faiza.

Jasa Marga appealed to road users to anticipate trips before entering the toll road.

Make sure the vehicle and driver's condition are in prime condition, also ensure the adequacy of fuel and electronic money balances, use rest areas to rest if you are tired of driving and obey signs and directions from officers.

Monitor traffic conditions through real-time CCTV on toll roads through the Travoy application. The latest traffic information and requests for toll road traffic services can be accessed through One Call Center 14080, Account X @PTJASAMARGA, Travoy Application, the latest information on the mass media and Jasa Marga Website to Jasa Marga's official social media," he said.