Heavy Vehicle Flow, Officers Apply Contraflow On Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road

Officers implemented traffic engineering "contraflow" following heavy traffic flow on the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road, Friday (5/4/2024). ANTARA/HO-Jasa Marga

KARAWANG - Officers implemented contraflow traffic engineering following heavy traffic flow on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road on D-5 Lebaran.

Ria Marlinda Paallo, VP Corporate Secretary and Legal of PT Jasamarga Transjawa Tol, said the police had implemented a contraflowas discretion.

At 18.18 WIB, Friday, April 5, officers conducted a contraflow, starting from KM 70 to KM 55 of the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road.

Contraflow was implemented because the traffic flow conditions on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road entering Friday night began to increase.

Limited Liability Company (PT) Jasamarga Transjawa Tol (JTT) appealed to all road users to anticipate travel, ensure that the vehicle is in prime condition, and ensure that the electronic money balance is sufficient.

In addition, his party appealed to road users to refuel before starting the trip and bring supplies to avoid the density of rest areas.

In addition to the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road, he continued, vehicle improvements also occurred on the Cikopo-Palimanan (Cipali) toll road.

Head of the Operations Division of the Cipali Astra Toll Road, Sri Mulyo, predicts that the volume of Lebaran homecoming traffic on Friday will reach 105.000 vehicles. In reality, 7,735 vehicles were recorded crossing seven toll gates for the Cipali toll road at SifI (06.00 a.m.).

When compared with the number of traffic volumes of Sif I on Thursday (4/4) there was an increase of 11.89 percent. Overall, on Thursday there were 94,000 vehicles crossing the Cipali Toll Road.