The Volume Of Vehicles On The Puncak-Cianjur Route Increases Ahead Of The New Year

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CIANJUR - Cianjur Police Traffic Unit, West Java, noted that four days before the turn of the year, the volume of vehicles crossing the Puncak-Cianjur route experienced a fairly high increase. The flow of vehicles is dominated from outside the city.

Head of Traffic at Cianjur Police, AKP Mangku Anom, said that before the turn of the year, a fairly high volume of vehicles could be seen entering the Puncak-Cipanas area.

The peak current density is predicted to occur one day before New Year's Eve with a volume increase of up to 50 percent.

"To anticipate the occurrence of total traffic jams in the Puncak-Cipanas area, we will carry out a number of flow engineering, in addition to implementing the odd-even system and closing the route to the area, on December 31, precisely at 20.00 WIB to January 1, at 02.00 WIB," he said. , Monday, December 27.

AKP Mangku Anom explained, before 20.00 WIB, vehicles from outside and inside the city could still pass along the route, but after passing, his party would close the route starting from the Gentur Lamp Monument-By Pass, Cianjur, while from the Bogor direction starting at the toll gate. Ciawi.

Hundreds of members will be alerted as an effort to quickly disentangle the flow of traffic so that there will be no total traffic jams during the peak of the New Year celebrations, focusing on security and placing members in a number of crowded points in the Puncak-Cipanas area and in the city of Cianjur.

"Although there is no prohibition from the government, we still urge residents not to celebrate the New Year's Eve excessively, so that it can cause crowds. It is better to celebrate New Year's Eve at home," he said.

He also appealed to residents who carry out activities outside their homes on New Year's Eve, continue to use strict procedures and avoid crowds, as an effort to prevent the re-occurrence of the dangerous virus.

Monitoring until Monday afternoon, the volume of vehicles passing on the Puncak-Cianjur route, experienced a fairly high increase, even queues of vehicles were seen at a number of points leading to hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions, so that dozens of officers were alerted at a number of points prone to traffic jams, including in front of the market. Cipanas and Pacet T-junction, anticipating a total traffic jam.