Puncak Bogor Had Severe Traffic Jams, The Police Still Opened To Close The Path From Ciajur

Illustration of traffic in Puncak in Bogor Regency. (Antara-Yulius S W)

BOGOR - Police are still implementing a system for opening and closing lanes to Puncak Bogor from Cianjur on D+3 Lebaran 2023.

Head of Cianjur Police Traffic Unit, AKP Anaga Budiharso, said that traffic flow engineering was implemented to anticipate the return flow of Cianjur to Bogor which was again crowded but smooth today.

"Today, the flow of vehicles is dominated by travelers from cities/regencies in West Java with the aim of Jabodetabek, the volume is quite high, but it does not cause queues at a number of points prone to traffic jams because tourists are starting to decrease," he said in Cianjur, West Java, Wednesday, April 26, which was confiscated by Antara.

Budiharso said today was crowded but did not cause queues of vehicles like the last two days when tourist destinations in Puncak-Cipanas soared.

Although the Cianjur homecoming route is busy, he said, the police are still on guard at each security post to carry out flow engineering when at any time there is a queue that can cause traffic jams, including directing motorists to alternative routes.

Especially in vulnerable lanes such as Ciranjang Market, Cianjur City route, Cipanas Market, Cibodas Botanical Gardens T-junction and Hanjawar T-junction. Including alerting a team to solve congestion along the homecoming route until the weekend of Sunday, April 30.

"We have also added a patrol schedule for officers and a traffic jam break team along the Puncak and Jalan Raya Bandung-Cianjur routes, as an effort to anticipate the peak of backflow which is expected to occur until this weekend," he said.

He still asked the evictions on the backflow of Lebaran to avoid crossing the Puncak route this weekend, because it is estimated that the volume of vehicles will increase as the backflow peaks.

"We ask to use the alternative route for Jonggol and Sukabumi, because it is estimated that the peak of the backflow will occur on Saturday and Sunday with the dense number of tourist vehicles entering and leaving tourist attractions in the Puncak-Cipanas area," he said.