Bali Police Prepares Scenario To Unravel Density At Gilimanuk Port

Head of Operations Division of the Bali Police, Kombes Soelistijono/ANTARA/Rolandus Numpu

DENPASAR - The Bali Regional Police have prepared several scenarios to unravel the density of vehicles at Gilimanuk Port and I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, considering that the two public places are predicted to be widely used by the public during the 2024 Eid homecoming.

"The Gilimanuk Port and Ngurah Rai Airport are of our concern, because of previous experiences that were crowded. We have had a meeting with airport authorities to take mitigation steps, as well as in Gilimanuk," said Head of Operations (Karo Ops) Kombes Soelistijono in Denpasar as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, April 3.

To anticipate congestion and congestion on the Denpasar - Gilimanuk Port, Jembrana, the Bali Police have prepared six parking bags, especially in Jembrana Regency.

The first six parking bags are parking bags at the Reservoir area located in the Perkutat which can accommodate 50 units of four-wheeled vehicles with a distance of 70 kilometers to Gilimanuk Harbor.

Second, rest area of Siwi Rambut in Mendoyo District with a capacity of 100 vehicles and a distance of 50.2 kilometers to Gilimanuk Harbor.

Third, Kalikah Terminal, Negara District which can accommodate 80 units of four-wheeled vehicles with a distance to Gilimanuk Port 34 KM.

Fourth, parking bags with a large capacity of 1,000 four-wheeled vehicles are in the Suzuki Main Warehouse in Melaya District with a travel time of 14 KM to Gilimanuk Harbor.

Fifth, parking bags at the Toyota Automall Warehouse can accommodate 100 four-wheeled vehicles. From there, the distance to Gilimanuk Port reaches 10 kilometers.

Sixth, parking bags at the Cekik Motor Vehicle Weighing Implementation Unit (UPPKB) can accommodate 100 four-wheeled vehicles and only 3.1 km to Gilimanuk Port.

Karo Ops Polda Bali Kombes Soelistijono explained that to unravel the density in Gilimanuk, his party prepared several ways of acting in the event of a very crowded category situation.

"In Gilimanuk, there are several steps such as in the cargo hold divided into several alleys for R2 and R4. For large vehicles it remains on the main route," he said.

According to the statement of the former Director of the Bali Police and Air, if there is a density, the National Police will also prepare a system for the detention of vehicles for travelers (delay systems), especially in Kalikah, Negara District.

Soelistijono said the delay scheme was only mitigating if there was a vehicle density on D-3 and D-2 Lebaran.

Meanwhile, to unravel the density of vehicles to I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, said Soelistijono, the Bali Police have prepared several scenarios, namely alerting personnel to reduce traffic conflicts at the turning location by installing water barriers.

In addition, sterilizing vehicles on road bodies, especially on main roads (Kediri Street, Tuban Highway and Ngurah Rai Bypass Highway), as well as engineering traffic on a number of roads

"If there is a density inside (Ngurah Rai Airport) there is a mitigation like in VIP 2 it will be opened for access, then the bus stop across from the airport will also be opened," he said.

In the context of securing Lebaran 2024, the Bali Police deployed 2,005 personnel assisted by 1,502 joint personnel from various TNI government agencies, Transportation Service, BPBD, Linmas, Satpol PP, PLN, Angkasa Pura, Basarnas, Pelindo, PUPR Service, youth mosques to pecalang traditional villages.