22% of Eid Travellers Yet to Return, Korlantas Prepares National One-Way Traffic Scheme
The Indonesian National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas) has recorded that 22% of Eid al-Fitr 1447 H holiday travellers have not yet returned to Jakarta as of Saturday (28/3). To anticipate a surge in vehicle volume during the peak return flow, the police are preparing traffic engineering schemes ranging from phased one-way systems to the potential implementation of a national one-way scheme.
Head of the Traffic Corps (Kakorlantas) of the Indonesian National Police, Inspector General of Police Agus Suryonugroho, explained that based on traffic counting data, the majority of holiday travellers, or around 78%, have already arrived in the capital.
However, vigilance remains heightened to anticipate the remaining travellers expected to move from Saturday afternoon until Sunday (29/3).
“From the traffic counting calculations, up to now, approximately around 22 percent (have not returned to Jakarta),” Agus stated in an official remark on Sunday (29/3).
To alleviate potential congestion, Korlantas has prepared several stages of traffic engineering.
Currently, officers are still enforcing national one-way phase 2 from KM 263 on the Pejagan toll to KM 70 on the main Cikampek toll (Cikatama), assisted by a contraflow scheme from KM 70 to KM 55 on the Cikampek toll.
If there is a significant increase in vehicle volume, Korlantas is prepared to escalate the engineering status to national one-way phase 3.
“We are preparing to implement one-way phase 1, phase 2, phase 3, and then we will decide whether a second phase of national return flow one-way is necessary,” Agus said.
The phase 3 one-way plan is projected to span from KM 390 in the Kendal area to KM 70 on the Cikatama toll, depending on the dynamics of the situation on the ground.
In addition to the main Trans Java route, Korlantas is also optimising the Japek II South Functional Toll to split the flow of vehicles from West Java, which contributes around 33% to 35% of the total movement.
This functional route connects the Sadang, Deltamas, and Setu areas, directly integrated with the Jakarta Outer Ring Road (JORR).
“Those from West Java, which is about 33 percent to 35 percent from before, the remainder today is still quite substantial; we are managing it well by using the strategic Japek II South functional toll to split the flow,” he explained.
Up to now, the return flow conditions through this alternative route are reported to be quite controlled. Korlantas emphasises that it will continue to monitor traffic developments in real-time before making further decisions regarding the next national traffic engineering.