Contraflow Used to Cope With Traffic Congestion

As the number of vehicles on land routes increases amid mudik (exodus), the police have implemented traffic-engineering schemes, such as one-way and contraflow control measures as seen on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road.

FAKHRI FADLURROHMAN

Thousands of cars line up at the Cikampek Utama Toll Gate, Karawang, West Java, Wednesday (19/4/2023) early morning. A surge in travelers started to occur on Trans-Java a few days ahead of the Idul Fitri 2023.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — As of Tuesday evening (18/4/2023), escalations in the numbers of homecoming travelers occurred on the trans-Java highway, airports and Sunda Strait ferry terminal. The one-way and contraflow traffic scheme on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road is aimed at breaking up traffic congestion.

The contraflow lane, which took effect on Tuesday at 11 p.m., begins at Kilometer (Km) 47 of the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road and ends at Km 72, a few kilometers after the main toll gate in Karawang, West Java.