Starting This Afternoon, The Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road Is Free From Large Trucks

The socialization board prohibits crossing the Trans Java Toll Road for the Jakarta-Cikampek section, Karawang, West Java, Friday (5/4/2024) (ANTARA/M Riezko Bima Elko Prasetyo)

The police have confirmed that the Trans Java Toll Road for the Jakarta-Cikampek section, Karawang, West Java, has begun to be free from the activities of large trucks with three masses or class III vehicles to support the smooth flow of the 2024 Eid homecoming this afternoon. "Yes, that's right, the three-axis vehicle has started to ban crossing the toll road," said Head of the Karawang Police Traffic Unit AKP Lucky Martono in Karawang, Antara, Friday, April 5. According to him, according to directions received from the Korlantas Polri Headquarters, temporarily prohibited three-axis vehicles crossing this toll road will be effective until Tuesday, April 16 or D+5 Eid Al-Fitr. During the prohibition period, vehicles that have been passing will be parked by police officers into several parking bags. His party has mapped each of the vehicle parking locations, such as fields, gas stations, shoulder roads in the East Karawang area, West Karawang and a number of arterial routes.

Lucky revealed that with this policy, it is hoped that the flow of traffic for Eid homecoming will be safer and smoother. His party stated that it is not an open secret that one of the triggers for road bottlenecks or bottlenecks is a large vehicle. because the weight is heavy and the road is slow. "So, because it has been socialized since a few weeks ago, this policy should be considered more, because it is only temporary," he said.