Get Ready, National "One Way" for Return Traffic Takes Effect Today

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Indonesian National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas Polri) has officially implemented a national one-way traffic engineering system for the return flow of the 2026 Eid al-Fitr holidays, starting on Tuesday (24/3/2026). This policy is applied to anticipate the surge in vehicles expected to peak in the coming days. Head of Korlantas Polri, Inspector General Agus Suryonugroho, stated that the national one-way system will begin at 2:00 PM WIB. The launch or flag-off of this policy is scheduled to be led directly by National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo along with several related ministers. He said that this traffic engineering will be enforced from Km 414 of the Kalikangkung Toll to Km 70 of the Cikampek Utara Toll, which is the main route for the return flow to Jakarta. The implementation of the national one-way system is due to the high potential of return traffic. Agus said that this is based on the previous outbound peak which reached around 270,000 vehicles per day. However, this figure is estimated to continue increasing in the coming days. “Up to now, 43 percent have just returned to Jakarta, so we will manage it well with the traffic engineering mechanism,” he said. As an initial step, Korlantas has also conducted a gradual trial of traffic engineering on Monday (23/3/2026), from Km 263 to Km 70 of the Cikampek Utara Toll.