Tomorrow's Working Day, The Peak Of The South Line Backflow Will Happen Today

Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road. (ANTARA)

BANDUNG - West Java Regional Police (Polda) predicts that the peak traffic flow of people's vehicles will occur on D+2 Lebaran 2023, Tuesday, April 25. West Java Police Head of Public Relations Kombes Pol Ibrahim Tompo said that the backflow is predicted to increase because H+2 is the last day of holiday for the majority of employees, so that this Tuesday people will start traveling back from homecoming. "As for H+1, said Ibrahim, only about 3,000 units of vehicles per hour entered West Java, while under normal conditions, traffic entered West Java only about 1,500 vehicles per hour. Even so, according to him, the backflow on toll roads and arterial routes is still in a crowded and smooth condition at H+2 this afternoon, so there is no significant density. In the face of the peak of backflow, he also appealed to the public to prepare for travel with the best possible vehicle conditions to avoid traffic accidents. "The community remains vigilant and maintains physical health conditions and also their vehicles," he said.

Meanwhile, the Directorate of Traffic (Ditlantas) of the West Java Police opened the option to extend the time of the Cileunyi-Sumedang-Dawuan (Cisumdawu) toll road functional to be accessible from the Cikopo-Palimanan (Cipali) toll road on the 2023 Eid backflow.

West Java Police Traffic Director Kombes Pol Wibowo in Bandung, Tuesday, said that so far the functional toll road is still open for nine hours starting from 06.00 to 15.00 WIB.

Wibowo said an extension of time could be done if the traffic flow from Central Java on the Cipali Toll Road was quite congested, but the extension of time must also see weather conditions in the Cisumdawu Toll Road Area.

He also explained that the Cisumdawu Toll Road could be used for backflow with a one way system towards Bandung since last Monday or D+1 Lebaran 2023.

According to him, the functional section of Cisumdawu starts from Kilometer (KM) 216 Ujung Jaya Utama Toll Gate to KM 184 in the Cimalaka Area, Sumedang Regency.

Meanwhile, the Technical and Operational Director of PT Citra Karya Jabar Tol (CKJT) Bagus Meidi said the functional section of the Cisumdawu Toll Road was used for backflow from April 24 to May 1, 2023.

After May 1, 2023, according to him, the functional section of the Ciwsumdawu Toll Road will be closed again to complete the project which has not been completed 100 percent.

"So we want to continue the project first so that it is complete, because the Minister (Minister of PUPR) has been asked for June to finish," said Bagus.