Homecoming Flow Starts Busy Today, Contraflow Scheme Is Implemented From KM 47 To 70 Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road

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JAKARTA - The police are implementing a contraflow scheme on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road. The implementation of this scheme is due to the increasingly congested number of vehicles ahead of the 2022 Eid holiday.

This contraflow scheme starts from KM 47 (Karawang) to the Cikampek Utama Toll Gate (GT) KM 70.

"This contraflow scheme has been implemented since this morning at around 06.34 WIB," said Head of the National Police Korlantas Korlantas Kombes Eddy Djunaedi to reporters, Wednesday, April 27.

Contraflow is one of the schemes prepared to break down congestion. Contraflow means going against the flow, so drivers or travelers are allowed to take roads from the opposite direction.

Meanwhile, PT Jasa Marga as the toll road manager noted that 598,538 vehicles left the Jabotabek area on D-10 to D-7 Eid Al-Fitr 1443 H/2022 which fell in the period Friday-Monday 22-25 April 2022.

This figure is the cumulative number of traffic (traffic) from the four Barrier/Main Toll Gates (GT), namely GT Cikupa (direction Merak), GT Ciawi (direction Puncak), and GT Cikampek Utama and GT Kalihurip Utama (direction Trans Java and Bandung).

The total volume of traffic leaving the Jabotabek area decreased by 0.3 percent when compared to normal traffic for the November 2021 period with a total of 600,107 vehicles.

For the distribution of traffic leaving Jabotabek heading in three directions, namely the majority as many as 282,848 vehicles (47.3%) towards the East (Trans Java and Bandung), 187,495 vehicles (31.3%) heading towards the West (Merak), and 128,195 vehicles. (21.4%) towards the South (Peak).