Jasa Marga: Traffic towards the east remains high until Lebaran 'H' day
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The President Director of PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk, Rivan A Purwantono, revealed that traffic heading east remains high until the ‘H’ day of Lebaran 2026.
He explained that Jasa Marga recorded traffic leaving the Jabotabek region through four main toll gates on the ‘H’ day of Eid al-Fitr 1447 Hijriah, which falls on Saturday (21/3), as still high, with 197,119 vehicles. The traffic is still dominated by routes heading east (towards Trans Java via Cikampek Utama Toll Gate and towards Bandung via Kalihurip Utama Toll Gate) at 57.5%.
“We recorded 68,374 vehicles passing through Cikampek Utama Toll Gate, an increase of up to 113.2% compared to normal traffic. In addition, a significant rise in traffic is also evident for those heading to Bandung via Kalihurip Utama Toll Gate, with 45,086 vehicles, up 13.9% from normal traffic,” he stated in a press release in Jakarta on Sunday.
Observing the still high mudik traffic, he urged the public who are currently in their hometowns to plan their return journeys to Jabotabek carefully.
He explained that the return flow period has a relatively shorter timeframe compared to the mudik flow.
This year, he said, the peak return flow is predicted to occur on Tuesday (24/3).
“To avoid vehicle congestion, we urge the public not to travel during favourite times, such as mornings and evenings, and to anticipate potential density on routes to popular tourist destinations, which generally experience increased traffic volume after the Eid al-Fitr celebrations,” said Rivan.
Jasa Marga urged travellers undertaking visits or returning to the Jabotabek region via toll roads to ensure journey preparedness, including ensuring the driver’s and vehicle’s condition is optimal and roadworthy, preparing provisions, ensuring sufficient fuel and electronic money balance.
In addition, residents must obey signs and instructions from on-site officers and always adhere to toll road driving regulations, using rest time wisely without lingering at rest areas to allow turns with other road users.
He stated that the traffic volume leaving the Jabotabek region from H-10 to the ‘H’ day of Eid al-Fitr 1447 H, or from 11-21 March 2026, reached 2,007,253 vehicles.
This figure is the cumulative traffic flow from four main Toll Gates, namely Cikampek Utama (towards Trans Java), Kalihurip Utama (towards Bandung), Cikupa (towards Merak), and Ciawi (towards Puncak). The total volume of traffic leaving the Jabotabek region increased by 24.6% compared to normal traffic (1,611,046 vehicles).
Rivan said that the two million vehicles that have left the Jabotabek region represent 56.89% of the total projection of 3.5 million vehicles expected to exit Jabotabek during the period of 11–31 March 2026.