It has been decided that one-way, contraflow, and odd-even (vehicle) plate number restriction schemes will be applied simultaneously during the homecoming period and two return periods.
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Transportation Ministry, Traffic Corps of the National Police, as well as Public Works and Public Housing Ministry have prepared three traffic management schemes along the Trans-Java Toll Road for the 2023 Eid al-Fitr exodus period.

They had issued Joint Decrees Number KP-DRJD 2616 of 2023, SKB/48/IV/2023, 05/PKS/Db/2023 concerning Regulation of Road Traffic and Crossings During the Homecoming and Return Period of the 2023/1444 Hijri Eid al-Fitr.

"It has been decided that one-way, contra flow, and odd-even (vehicle) plate number restriction schemes will be applied simultaneously during the homecoming period and two return periods," Director General of Land Transportation of the Transportation Ministry Hendro Sugiatno noted in a statement on Wednesday.

The one-way scheme will be implemented during the homecoming period on April 18-20, 2023, starting from Kilometer (KM) 72 of the Cikampek Toll Gate to KM 414 of the Kalikangkung Toll Gate.

It will be implemented on April 18 from 2 p.m. Western Indonesia Standard Time (WIB) until midnight as well as on April 19, 20, and 21 from 8 a.m. WIB until midnight.

"Meanwhile, during the first return period, the scheme will be applied from KM 414 (Kalikangkung Toll Gate) to KM 72 (Cikampek Toll Gate) on Monday (April 24) from 2 p.m. Western Indonesian Time (WIB) to midnight,” the director general remarked.

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His side will also implement the one-way scheme from April 25 at 8 a.m. WIB until April 26 at 8 a.m. WIB along the same route.

During the second return period, his side will also implement the scheme from KM 414 of the Kalikangkung Toll Gate to KM 72 of the Cikampek Toll Gate on April 29 from 2 p.m. WIB until midnight and on April 30 from 8 a.m. WIB until midnight.

In addition, it will be applied from May 1 at 8 a.m. WIB until May 2 at 8 a.m. WIB along the same route.

Furthermore, Sugiatno stated that the contraflow scheme will be implemented from KM 47 of the West Karawang Toll Gate to KM 72 of the Cikampek Toll Gate concurrently with the one-way scheme.

Meanwhile, the odd-even vehicle plate number restriction scheme will be implemented from KM 47 of the West Karawang Toll Gate to KM 414 of the Kalikangkung Toll Gate at the same time along with the other two schemes, he remarked.

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