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Contraflow system applied on Jakarta-Cikampek toll road over Easter holiday

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Fri, March 30, 2018

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Contraflow system applied on Jakarta-Cikampek toll road over Easter holiday Contraflow on the inner ring road in Mampang in February. State-owned toll road operator Jasa Marga applied a contraflow system on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road on Friday. (Antara/Widodo S. Jusuf)

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tate-owned toll road operator Jasa Marga, with the help of police, applied a contraflow system on Friday to alleviate traffic congestion on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road over the long weekend, which coincides with Easter.

Jasa Marga spokesperson Dwimawan Heru said the contraflow system had been applied from the 33-kilometer point to the 44-km point at from 8:35 a.m. on Friday. Starting from 9:05 a.m., the system had been expanded from the 29-km point.

“Traffic [from Jakarta] to Cikampek is heavy, while traffic from Cikampek to Jakarta has been flowing smoothly” Dwimawan said as quoted by tempo.co.

National Police Traffic Corps chief Brig. Gen. Royke Lumowa said separately that tens of thousands of vehicles had begun leaving Jakarta on Thursday evening. “In total, about 70,000 vehicles are leaving Jakarta,” Royke said, adding that traffic density on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road had increased by up to 21 percent that night.

However, as of 2 p.m., the contraflow system has been stopped. (vny)

 

 

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