Indonesian Police Prepare Measures to Anticipate Return Traffic Surge on Sunday Afternoon

Bekasi District, West Java (ANTARA) — The Indonesian National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas) is preparing measures to anticipate a predicted surge in homebound traffic on Sunday afternoon, coinciding with the third day of Operation Ketupat 2026.

“We are anticipating a possible surge in traffic after evening prayers. However, our preparations and traffic management engineering scenarios are already in place,” said Head of the National Police Traffic Corps (Kakorlantas) Inspector General Agus Suryonugroho at the Command Centre at kilometre 29 in Bekasi District, West Java, on Sunday.

He stated that if congestion occurs, contraflow and one-way traffic measures will be implemented. However, he emphasised that such discretionary measures depend on real-time field conditions.

“We do not rely on predictions, but on traffic counting at the actual time. We will continuously monitor via CCTV and radar, and we deploy ETLE drones approximately every three hours to monitor real-time conditions,” he said.

The two-star police general further explained the criteria for implementing contraflow measures.

To determine whether contraflow will be implemented, Korlantas will examine data from radar at the toll road kilometre 47 marker, which records the number of vehicles passing.

“If the rate consistently reaches 5,500 vehicles per hour, we will automatically report to the National Police Chief and implement single-lane contraflow traffic engineering. This allows us to monitor both congestion and deceleration levels,” he explained.

If the number of vehicles rises to 6,400 per hour in the following hour, dual-lane contraflow will be implemented.

Additionally, Korlantas will deploy ETLE drones to monitor the condition of the toll road from kilometre 47 to kilometre 70.

Should congestion and deceleration be detected, a report will be submitted to leadership and one-way traffic measures will be enforced in phases at the national one-way location.

“Why the national one-way location? The national one-way route runs from kilometre 70 to kilometre 414 in Central Java. Beyond kilometre 414 towards Surabaya, local one-way measures will be determined by the regional police chief or the traffic director in Central Java,” he said.