JAKARTA - PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk. recorded that as many as 1,702,500 vehicles have returned to the Jabotabek area during the period of H-10 to H+2 Lebaran 2026 or from March 11 to March 23, 2026.
Jasa Marga President Director Rivan A. Purwantono explained that the figure is the accumulation of traffic flow (lalin) from four main toll gates (GT), namely the Cikampek Utama Toll Gate (from the Trans Java direction), the Kalihurip Utama Toll Gate (from the Bandung direction), the Cikupa Toll Gate (from the Merak direction) and the Ciawi Toll Gate (from the Puncak direction).
"Vehicle traffic is expected to continue to increase, especially during the peak period of the return flow on March 24, 28 and 29, 2026," said Rivan as quoted from a written statement, Wednesday, March 25.
Rivan detailed that the distribution of traffic was dominated by the east (Trans Java and Bandung) with 696,748 vehicles or 40.9 percent.
Meanwhile, from the west (Merak) contributed 568,159 vehicles (33.4 percent) and the south (Puncak) reached 437,593 vehicles (25.7 percent).
Then, the traffic from Trans Java via GT Cikampek Utama was recorded at 309,156 vehicles, its position was 15.2 percent lower than the normal traffic. Meanwhile, from Bandung via GT Kalihurip Utama reached 387,592 vehicles, 7.1 percent lower than the normal traffic.
He emphasized, especially during the period of Monday, March 23, the volume of vehicles returning to Jabotabek reached 225,293 units, jumping 73.7 percent from the normal line of 129,695 vehicles.
The sharpest spike occurred in GT Cikampek Utama which increased by 197.7 percent with a total of 75,837 vehicles.
To anticipate congestion, Jasa Marga management optimizes toll gate operations and activates the toll road service fleet. Rivan also explained that his party had prepared functional lanes and situational traffic arrangements according to the police's discretion.
Along with this surge trend, said Rivan, his party also strengthened services on a number of major toll roads by optimizing toll station operations, alerting the toll road service fleet, arranging traffic situationally according to police discretion, preparing functional lanes for traffic distribution and ensuring the readiness of officers in the field for 24 hours.
"We appeal to road users to be able to prepare for the trip in advance during this return period," he added.
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