Jasa Marga Records 1.6 Million Vehicles Leaving Jabotabek From D-10 To D-2 Before Eid

Traffic flow at the Main Cikampek Toll Gate on the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road. ANTARA/HO-Jasa Marga

JAKARTA - PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk recorded as many as 1,611,935 vehicles leaving the Jabotabek area on D-10 to D-2 Idul Fitri, 22-30 April 2022.

Jasa Marga's Corporate Communication & Community Development Group Head Dwimawan Heru said that this figure is the cumulative number of traffic (traffic) from the four Barrier/Main Toll Gates (GT), namely Cikupa GT (Merak direction), Ciawi GT (Peak direction), and GT Cikampek Utama and GT Kalihurip Utama (direction Trans Java and Bandung).

"The total volume of traffic leaving the Jabotabek area rose 19 percent compared to normal traffic for the November 2021 period with a total of 1,354,453 vehicles," said Heru in a written statement received in Jakarta, Antara, Sunday, May 1.

For the distribution of traffic leaving Jabotabek heading in three directions, namely the majority as many as 864,506 vehicles (53.6 percent) heading east (Trans Java and Bandung), 446,449 vehicles (27.7 percent) heading west (Merak) and 300,980 vehicles (18 ,7 percent) towards the South (Peak).

For the east direction, traffic leaving Jabotabek heading towards Trans Java via GT Cikampek Utama Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road, with a total of 585,718 vehicles, an increase of 91.3 percent from normal traffic.

Meanwhile, traffic leaving Jabotabek heading towards Bandung via GT Kalihurip Utama Cipularang Toll Road, with a total of 278,788 vehicles, decreased by 6.7 percent from normal traffic. The total traffic leaving Jabotabek towards Trans Java and Bandung via the two GTs was 864,506 vehicles, an increase of 42.9 percent from normal traffic.

For the west, traffic leaving Jabotabek towards Merak via GT Cikupa Tangerang-Merak Toll Road is 446,449 vehicles, an increase of 2.33 percent from normal traffic.

Meanwhile for the south, the number of vehicles leaving Jabotabek towards Puncak via GT Ciawi Jagorawi Toll Road was 300,980 vehicles, down by 3.8 percent from normal traffic.

Heru explained that Jasa Marga recorded traffic at the Cikampek Utama GT as much as 98,374 vehicles, up to 164.2 percent on D-2, Saturday, April 30 when compared to normal traffic in the November 2021 period.

Jasa Marga appealed to toll road users to anticipate travel before entering the toll road. Make sure the vehicle and driver are in top condition, comply with health protocols (using masks, washing hands and maintaining distance) while in the rest area, refilling fuel and sufficient electronic money balance, and obeying the signs and directions of officers.