Jasamarga urges holiday travellers to monitor toll road information via CCTV

Karawang, West Java (ANTARA) - Jasamarga has urged holiday travellers to routinely monitor surveillance cameras or CCTV on toll roads to anticipate traffic density as well as the implementation of open-closed policies at rest areas. To access information via toll road CCTV, travellers can use the Travoy application, which can be downloaded on mobile phones. Travellers can prepare alternative routes if long vehicle queues are visible on the CCTV. “We must urge this from the start so that road users prepare their provisions and vehicles accordingly,” said Vice President Corporate Secretary & Legal of PT Jasamarga Transjawa Tol, Ria Marlinda Paallo, when interviewed at the Cikampek Main Toll Gate, Karawang, West Java, on Thursday. She explained that the open-closed system parameters for rest areas are adjusted to the conditions. According to her, if the roads or parking areas at rest areas are full, they will be closed based on police decisions. “It is reopened when the traffic flow inside the rest area has returned to normal,” she said. As of Thursday afternoon, the mudik flow on the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road was observed to be very dense. On that stretch, she said, Jasamarga has prepared motorist assistance that can approach problematic vehicles or those running out of fuel. “What we prioritise is for road users to contact us, so the one-call centre 133 can be used, and the Travoy application as well,” she said. Previously, the Head of the Traffic Corps (Kakorlantas), Inspector General of Police Agus Suryonugroho, estimated that the peak of the mudik flow occurred on Wednesday (18/3) night. “Tonight we are patrolling the toll road. Possibly compared to yesterday, the peak mudik flow might be tonight. From this morning until tonight, it has been quite dense,” he said after directly monitoring traffic conditions at the Command Centre Post KM 29 Cikampek Toll, West Java, early Thursday. Based on observations up to Wednesday (18/3), he estimated that 42 percent of vehicles had already left Jakarta.