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Contraflow system in place to ease congestion on Cikampek toll road
The toll road authorities have applied a contraflow traffic system to help ease heavy congestion on the Cikampek toll road as the peak of Christmas holiday exodus starts on Saturday.
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Vehicles wait in a long queue as they enter the Cikarang Utama toll gate in Cikarang, Bekasi regency, West Java, on Friday, Dec. 21. (Antara/Risky Andrianto)
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he toll road authorities have applied a contraflow traffic system to help ease heavy congestion on the Cikampek toll road as the peak of the Christmas holiday exodus starts on Saturday.
The contraflow system has been in place on a 10-kilometer long section of the toll road since 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.
The system is in place starting from km 50 to km 61 from Jakarta heading to Cikampek, spokesman of state-owned toll operator Jasa Marga Jakarta-Cikampek branch Hendra Damanik said.
The designated area is the most congested as there are two rest areas at km 50 and 57.
“Contraflow is a traffic measures taken by the Traffic Police,” Hendra said on Saturday as reported by tempo.co.
Hendra expected the exodus for the Christmas holiday will peak on Saturday as the company has recorded a growing number of vehicles using the toll road.
Jasa Marga recorded 93,600 vehicles leaving the capital using the Cikampek toll road as of Friday evening.
The company's corporate communications officer Dwimawan Heru said the number was a 58 percent increase compared to regular days.
“This shows the people’s enthusiasm for a road trip,” he said.
This weekend marks the first long holiday before the New Year, while most offices have announced a day off for employees on Monday, the day before Christmas.
