Pam Post Officer Predicts The Kalimalang Route Will Be Congested Tonight Until Tomorrow

East Jakarta Kalimalang Area/ Photo: Antara

JAKARTA – On the 4th day of Eid al-Fitr, the Kalimalang crossing, East Jakarta is still full of local residents' activities. There has been no visible backflow of travelers using motorbikes.

The Coordinator of the Pam Pangkalan Jati Post, Aiptu Urip Operationanto, predicts that travelers from motorbikes and private vehicles will start to get busy tonight, or tomorrow, Sunday, May 8.

"Today and yesterday (Friday) it's still sloping, there hasn't been a significant increase. Traffic is still dominated by local residents," said Urip, quoting Antara, May 7.

A similar condition was also observed at the Ketupat Operation Monitoring Post of the Duren Sawit Police near the Jatiwaringin Toll Gate.

At this location, traffic engineering is implemented in the form of a one-way system, vehicles exiting the toll road are allowed to pass, while vehicles that will enter Karawang, Bandung and surrounding areas are diverted using the arterial route to Cibubur, then through to Cianjur.

"As of 24.00 WIB last night, one way (one way) has been applied from Kalikangkung to Cikampek. The Jatiwaringin toll gate is currently being implemented in one direction," said AKP Agus Chriatianto, a postal monitoring officer met at the location.

According to Agus, there has been no significant impact from this one-way system policy, but many people complain or protest because they have to go far.

"There is no significant impact, that's all, many people protest, so we just direct them to use the arterial route," said Agus.

Meanwhile, traffic flow from Pangkalan Jati to West Bekasi was observed to be experiencing congestion, 2-wheeled vehicles could only pass at a speed of 20 km per hour by taking the left side of the road, while 4-wheeled vehicles experienced a long queue to Jalan Haji Anam to Mega Bekasi Mall.

Kalimalang is a favorite homecoming route for motorbike users with the aim of West Java and Central Java. There are a number of toll gates that lead to the Cikampek toll road to Semarang.