BALI - The queue of travelers with thousands of vehicles, especially private cars and trucks, at Gilimanuk Harbor, Jembrana Regency, which is the main route for the Java-Bali homecoming, continued until Sunday morning.
Long queues of vehicles began to occur from Thursday to Sunday which were dominated by private cars. To break the queue, officers carried out traffic engineering by directing buses and travel vehicles from the Denpasar-Gilimanuk main route to the LCM dock parking area.
In particular, travelers who drive private cars and motorbikes are directed to enter the village road in Gang I, while private cars go to Gang II and III in Gilimanuk Village.
The queue of private cars and trucks reaches about 1.5 to 2 kilometers from the port which lasts up to 4-8 hours a day.
"I was stuck in line at Gang II, Gilimanuk Sub-district since Saturday, April 30 at 18.00 WITA until Sunday at 01.30 WITA and just crossed to Java," said homecoming traveler to Surabaya, Wayan Sudi, who was driving a car with his wife and child as quoted by Antara.
However, he regrets that there are still individuals who take advantage of the tiring traffic jams to make personal gains by passing several cars that pay the "queue fee" to these people.
The homecoming flow increased since Thursday afternoon and continued until Sunday. Last Friday, April 29, there were 45,944 homecomers crossing to Java via Gilimanuk Port with 9,266 vehicles with the dominance of private cars up to 3,727 units.
"I've been stuck in traffic since Saturday, April 30 at noon at 13:00 WITA until Saturday evening at around 17:00 WITA and just crossed and arrived at Ketapang Port, it was time to break my fast," said a traveler to Jember, Iyan.
He admitted that he could understand the long queues that occurred, because homecomers had indeed been unable to go home for two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic and in 2022 it had begun to loosen. "Yes, you know," said the traveler with the motorbike.
On Friday, April 29 afternoon, the Regent of Jembrana I Nengah Tamba visited the travelers who were queuing up at Gilimanuk Harbor, and provided motivation for them to arrive safely at their destination.
"Take advantage of the service posts to rest. Don't force yourself to continue driving because it's dangerous. Safety is the main thing, so you can spend Eid with your family," he said.
After meeting one of the travelers to Solo, Central Java, he hoped that the homecoming and return flows would take place conducively with the cooperation of various related institutions.
"That's why institutional leaders in Jembrana continue to coordinate and work together, so that the flow of going back and forth is safe," he said accompanied by the Jembrana Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner I Dewa Gede Juliana.
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