JAKARTA - PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk applies contraflow starting from KM 44+500 to KM 41+600 for the Jagorawi Toll Road towards Jakarta on police discretion. Contraflow on the Jagorawi Toll Road is enforced from 15.00 WIB.
Senior Manager Representative Office 1 Jasamarga Metropolitan Tollroad Regional Division Alvin Andituajat Singarimbun said that this step was taken to anticipate an increase in the volume of traffic that occurred on the Jagorawi Toll Road towards Jakarta due to traffic returning from the peak direction to Jakarta.
"On the discretion of the Police, Jasa Marga applies contraflow starting from KM 44+500 to KM 41+600 for the Jagorawi Toll Road towards Jakarta from 15.00 WIB," he said in an official statement, Sunday, December 29.
Furthermore, Alvin appealed to road users to anticipate travel routes so that they can optimize the current traffic engineering. This includes ensuring the adequacy of electronic card balances before starting the trip to avoid overcrowding when transacting at toll gates.
"Always obey traffic signs and follow directions from officers in the field," he said.
Previously reported, PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk recorded the movement of vehicles returning to Jabodetabek after the 2024 Christmas holiday. Where the total number of vehicles that have returned is more than 467,000.
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Lisye Octaviana's Corporate Communication & Community Development Group Head said that the total volume of traffic returning to the Jabotabek area increased by 12.9 percent when compared to normal traffic, namely 413,831 vehicles.
"A total of 467,300 vehicles returned to the Jabotabek area on the 2024 Christmas Day Holiday which falls from Thursday to Saturday (26 to December 28, 2024)," he said in an official statement, Sunday, December 29.
Lisye said this figure is the cumulative number of traffic flows (traffic) from the four Main Toll Gates (GT), namely GT Cikupa (from Merak), GT Ciawi (from Puncak), and GT Cikampek Utama (from Trans Java) and GT Kalihurip Utama (from Bandung).
"For the distribution of traffic back to Jabotabek from three directions, the majority were 219,138 vehicles or 46.9 percent from the East (Trans Java and Bandung), 136,479 vehicles or 29.2 percent from the West (Merak) and 111,683 vehicles or 23.9 percent from the South (Puncak) direction," he explained.
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