JAKARTA - PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk. (JSMR) noted that 1,438,380 vehicles left the Jabotabek area on D-10 to D-3 Idulfitri 1446H on Friday, March 28.
Jasa Marga's Corporate Communication and Community Development Group Head Lisye Octaviana explained that this number is the cumulative number of traffic flows (traffic) from the four Main Toll Gates (GT), namely Cikampek Utama GT (towards Trans Java), Kalihurip Utama GT (towards Bandung), Cikupa GT (towards Merak) and Ciawi GT (towards Puncak).
"The total volume of traffic leaving the Jabotabek area increased by 26.3 percent when compared to normal traffic of 1,139,244 vehicles and an increase of 0.7 percent from Eid 2024 traffic, which is 1,428,641 vehicles," said Lisye in a written statement, Saturday, March 29.
For traffic distribution leaving Jabotabek towards all three directions, the majority were 775,096 vehicles or 53.9 percent headed East (Trans Java and Bandung), 384,205 vehicles or 26.7 percent headed West (Merak) and 279,079 vehicles or reached 19.4 percent headed South (Puncak).
Lisye detailed that traffic leaving Jabotabek heading towards Trans Java via GT Cikampek Utama Jakarta Toll Road Cikampek reached 511,628 vehicles. This figure increased by 130.0 percent from normal traffic.
Then, traffic leaving Jabotabek towards Bandung via GT Kalihurip Utama Cipularang Toll Road as many as 263,468 vehicles or an increase of 2.2 percent from normal traffic.
"The total traffic leaving Jabotabek towards Trans Java and Bandung through the two GTs is 775,096 vehicles, an increase of 61.4 percent from normal traffic," he said.
Then, traffic leaving Jabotabek towards Merak via the Cikupa GT Tangerang Toll Road Merak is 384,205 vehicles or 0.6 percent lower than normal traffic.
"Meanwhile, the number of vehicles leaving Jabotabek heading towards Puncak via GT Ciawi Jagorawi Toll Road was 279,079 vehicles, an increase of 2.3 percent from normal traffic," said Lisye.
He explained, on the D-3 Eid al-Fitr 1446 Hijri holiday or Friday, March 28, traffic leaving Jabotabek at four main toll gates was recorded at 258,383 vehicles, an increase of 63.1 percent from normal traffic of 158,442 vehicles.
In addition, said Lisye, his party also noted that the traffic flow towards the East, especially towards Trans Java and Bandung on Friday, March 28, had increased.
Moreover, at GT Cikampek Utama with the highest traffic spike reached a total of 126,518 vehicles, an increase of 303.1 percent from normal traffic of 31,386 vehicles.
Meanwhile, for Kalihurip Utama GT, a total of 39,283 vehicles were recorded, an increase of 3.7 percent from normal traffic as many as 37,263 vehicles. As for GT Ciawi, a total of 40,297 vehicles were recorded, an increase of 6.3 percent from normal traffic, namely 37,919 vehicles and GT Cikupa with a total of 52,285 vehicles, an increase of 2.0 percent from normal traffic of 51,253 vehicles.
"On D-3 or March 28, it is the peak of the Eid Al-Fitr 1446 Hijri homecoming flow. It is recorded that the volume of traffic passing through the four main toll gates has increased by 1.1 percent from the peak traffic of the Eid Al-Fitr 2024 homecoming flow, which is 255,634 vehicles," said Lisye.
Lisye appealed to toll road users to anticipate the journey of the Eid Al-Fitr 1446 Hijri holiday period properly. For example, before entering the toll road, make sure the vehicle and driver are in prime condition, ensure the adequacy of fuel, balance of electronic money cards and comply with signs and directions from officers in the field.
"We also urge road users to anticipate the plan to implement traffic engineering carried out based on police discretion," he added.
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