This Said Jas Marga about Video of Long Congestion in Viral Toll
Illustration of traffic jam on toll road (Source: KompasTV) Author : DINA KARINA | Editor : DESY AFRIANTI
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.TV – Currently viral on social media, a video a video showing a severe traffic jam on a toll road. Congestion occurs at night, so the streets are filled with vehicle lights that stuck in a long traffic jam. The video is narrated as a jam during the Lebaran 2022 homecoming flow.
However, Jasa Marga said it was a video recorded on 27 March 2022 or before the month of Ramadan.
Related to the video that is widely circulated today and is perceived as the toll road traffic density this weekend ahead of the Eid homecoming season 2022. We inform you that the video was taken on the Jagorawi Toll Road Km 34 towards Jakarta on 27 March 2022 (before fasting month), said Corporate Communication and Community Development Jasa Marga Group Head Dwimawan Heru Santoso, via information the writing was quoted Monday (25/4/2022).
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He explained that the congestion occurred due to traffic engineering way from the Puncak area towards Jakarta. That setting impact on a number of toll roads that are integrated with the Toll Jagorawi, including the JORR Toll Road which is integrated with the Toll Road Jakarta-Cikampek.
To dilute the density, at the discretion of the police, At that time, Jasa Marga imposed contraflow on the Jagorawi Toll Road from Km 17 to Km 8 (Cimanggis to Pasar Rebo), said Heru.
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Regarding the homecoming flow, Jasa Marga recorded a total of 312,755 vehicles leave the Jabotabek area until 23 April 2022. Or 9 days before Eid. Heru said the number fell by 7.8 percent if compared to normal traffic for the November 2021 period with a total of 339,205 vehicle.
This figure is the cumulative number of traffic flows from four Barrier/Main Toll Gate (GT), namely GT Cikupa (direction Merak), GT Ciawi (direction to Puncak), and GT Cikampek Utama and GT Kalihurip Utama (direction Trans Java and Bandung).
