Kakorlantas: 50% Kendaraan Telah Kembali ke Jakarta dalam Arus Balik Lebaran

Irjen Agus Suryonugroho, the Head of Traffic Corps, mentioned that nearly 50% of vehicles have returned to Jakarta during the post-Eid al-Fitr exodus tonight. He stated that all returning travelers have been well-distributed. The peak of the return flow is expected to occur tomorrow, Sunday (6/4), with increasing traffic volume towards Jakarta since Saturday (5/4) evening.

Distribution of Vehicles and Traffic Management Measures

• Distribution: “Almost 50% heading towards Jakarta have been well-distributed,” said Irjen Agus after inspecting the Banyumanik Toll Gate in Central Java, along with the Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi and the President Director of Jasa Raharja Rivan Purwantono on Saturday (5/4/2025).

• Prediction for Tomorrow: Irjen Agus predicted that the peak of the return flow would occur tomorrow.

• Traffic Control Measures:

• Current Initiatives: Increased monitoring of the rising vehicle volume towards Jakarta, with special arrangements for local one-way traffic flow based on directions from the Director of Traffic Corps of Central Java.

• Tomorrow’s Plan: The Minister of Transportation and the Chief of National Police will inaugurate a national one-way flow for the return exodus from 414 Kalikangkung to Jakarta.

Reinforcement and Monitoring

• Personnel Deployment: General Listyo Sigit, the Chief of National Police, ordered the reinforcement of personnel both on toll roads and arterial roads to handle the shorter duration of the return exodus compared to the initial exodus period.

• Current Status: Around 1.1 million vehicles were reported to have headed back to Jakarta by Saturday night, as detailed by Minister Dudy Purwagandhi.

Traffic Engineering and Hope for Smooth Flow

• Traffic Flow Arrangement: The Traffic Corps implemented local one-way traffic on the Trans-Java Toll Road section to alleviate the traffic congestion towards Jakarta.

• Objective: The implementation of national one-way traffic aims to further ease the flow of traffic during the return exodus.