Drainage Waste Causing Flooding on Jagorawi Toll Road Has Been Addressed
JAKARTA — Jasamarga Metropolitan Tollroad, together with Jasamarga Tollroad Maintenance (JMTM), conducted an inspection of the toll road drainage as a follow-up to the pooling that occurred at KM 12+800 to KM 12+600 on the Jagorawi Toll Road section towards Jakarta on Saturday (21/3/2026).
According to field reports from officers, the pooling was first observed at 16:30 WIB. The condition is suspected to have been triggered by the accumulation of waste originating from community drains outside the toll road, which blocked the inlets and impeded water flow.
Senior General Manager of Jasamarga Metropolitan Tollroad Regional Division, Widiyatmiko Nursejati, stated that officers immediately moved to the location as soon as the pooling occurred to carry out initial handling.
“On the other hand, officers from Jasamarga Tollroad Operator (JMTO) also managed traffic at the pooling site by temporarily closing the outer shoulder, lane 1, and lane 2, allowing only lanes 3 and 4 to be used by road users. At 19:09 WIB, all pooling had been successfully addressed, and all lanes could be traversed again,” said Widiyatmiko in his official statement.
In the long term, Jasa Marga also plans to build a 300-metre-long embankment around the incident site to improve water control capacity.
Meanwhile, pooling was also reported at the Rest and Service Area (TIP) or rest area at KM 10 on the Jagorawi Toll Road section towards Bogor. This incident was triggered by the overflow of a river behind the rest area, which submerged the clean water pump and SPBU facilities.
As a result, at the discretion of the police, TIP KM 10 was temporarily closed starting at 19:45 WIB due to damage to the clean water pump.
The rest area was reopened at 20:40 WIB, although fuel oil sales at the SPBU were still temporarily halted to ensure fuel quality and equipment readiness.
On Sunday (22/3/2026), all pooling was reported to have receded, and traffic flow returned to normal. There was a brief obstruction at KM 03+800 towards Bogor due to the high volume of water from the Cipinang River flooding part of the outer side of the toll road.
As a handling measure, four pump units were operated to prevent the pooling from spreading. To date, there are no operational disruptions at the incident site, and all lanes can be traversed by road users.