There Will Be An Increase Of 20 Percent On The Bocimi Toll Road During The Nataru Holiday

GT Caringin Utama on the Bocimi Toll Road. (Theresia Agatha / VOI)

BOGOR - PT Trans Jabar Tol projects an increase in vehicle volume by up to 20 percent on the Bogor 'Ciawi' Sukabumi (Bocimi) Toll Road during the 2025 Christmas and 2026 New Year holidays (Nataru 2025/2026).

This was conveyed by the General Manager of Operations of PT Trans Jabar Toll Said Sudiarto in a media briefing regarding the Preparation for Christmas Security in 2025 and New Year 2026 Section Ciawi Toll Road Sukabumi at the Trans Jabar Tol office, Bogor, West Java, Thursday, December 11.

"The traffic for the holiday period, yes, the increase is 20 percent, we estimate the range from 35.000 to 40.000 vehicles," said Said.

The surge in community mobility is also supported by school holidays starting December 20, 2025 until early January 2026.

"Maybe we will have a little density here, plus the school holiday has also started on 20 (December) until 4 (January 2026). So, we estimate this will happen during long weekends and during collective leave," he said.

Said said, for normal traffic on the Bocimi Toll Road, it usually only reaches 26,000 on weekdays and around 35,000 on weekends.

"So, indeed, if we look at the graph Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday it is still flat, Friday it starts to rise, Saturday it was the highest, Sunday it went down, Monday it immediately fell," he explained.

To note, the Bocimi Toll Road has 4 sections, with 2 of them fully operational. In detail, section 1 of the Ciawi 'Cigombong segment is 15.35 kilometers (km) long and section 2 of the Cigombong' Cibadak segment is 11.05 km.

Meanwhile, currently there are two toll sections that have been completed. The details, section 3 of the Cibadak 'West Sukabumi segment with a length of 13.70 km and section 4 of the West Sukabumi' East Sukabumi segment with a length of 13.05 km.

Previously, the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) predicted that the peak of the homecoming flow for the Nataru 2025/2026 holiday would occur on D-5 or Saturday, December 20 and D-2 Christmas or Wednesday, December 24, 2025.

Based on the results of a survey conducted by the Transportation Policy Agency, on December 20, 2025, it is predicted that there will be 11.83 million people. Then, the movement sloped and rose again on D-1 Christmas or December 24, 2025, with an estimated movement of 17.18 million people.

"The peak occurred in two days. The first was on December 20. One was at the second peak on December 24," said Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Dudy Purwagandhi at a media briefing, in Jakarta, Friday, December 5.

Meanwhile, the peak of backflow, continued Dudy, is predicted to occur on Friday, January 2, 2026, with an estimated movement of 20.81 million people.

"Then for the backflow on the 2nd (January) yes," he said.