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        "id": 1624446,
        "msgid": "peak-eid-exodus-traffic-at-cikatama-toll-gate-7-percent-higher-than-last-year-1773906677",
        "date": "2026-03-19 14:04:20",
        "title": "Peak Eid Exodus Traffic at Cikatama Toll Gate 7 Percent Higher Than Last Year",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "PT Jasamarga Transjawa Tol reported a 7 percent increase in peak vehicle traffic at the Cikampek Utama (Cikatama) toll gate in Karawang, West Java, on H-3 before Eid 2026, reaching approximately 135,000 vehicles. Over the mudik period from 11 to 18 March 2026, a total of 523,000 vehicles passed through the gate, marking a 2 percent rise from the previous year and 132 percent above normal traffic levels. To manage the high volumes, authorities implemented contraflow measures and lane expansions on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road, ensuring smooth flow without major disruptions.",
        "content": "<p>Karawang, West Java (ANTARA) - Jasamarga recorded the peak flow of\nvehicles passing through the Cikampek Utama (Cikatama) Toll Gate in\nKarawang, West Java, on H-3 before Eid 2026, which was 7 percent higher\nthan last year. Vice President of Corporate Secretary &amp; Legal at PT\nJasamarga Transjawa Tol, Ria Marlinda Paallo, stated that on H-3, or\nWednesday (18\/3), the number of vehicles passing reached around 135,000.\nAccording to her, this figure represents the highest so far during the\nmudik period. \u201cThis number is quite evident from the ongoing traffic\nengineering efforts, with no stops,\u201d said Ria when interviewed at the\nCikatama Toll Gate on Thursday. During the mudik period from 11 to 18\nMarch 2026, she noted that a total of 523,000 vehicles had already\npassed through the Cikatama Toll Gate from Jakarta towards Central Java.\nFrom this total, she said the figure is quite high, being 2 percent\nhigher than last year. \u201cIf compared to normal, this is already 132\npercent of normal traffic,\u201d she added. Furthermore, she mentioned that\non Thursday, or H-2 before Eid, the mudik volume remains high with\naround 7,500 vehicles passing per hour. Her team, along with the police,\nhas anticipated this by implementing counterflow traffic engineering\nstarting from KM 36 of the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road up to the Cikatama\nToll Gate. \u201cWe have opened contraflow from kilometre 36 to kilometre 70,\nand at kilometre 49, we have expanded it from two lanes to three lanes,\u201d\nshe said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/peak-eid-exodus-traffic-at-cikatama-toll-gate-7-percent-higher-than-last-year-1773906677",
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