CIANJUR - The police directed a vehicle bound for Jabodetabek from Cianjur to avoid the Puncak Bogor route during the long holiday on Monday, September 16.

Head of Cianjur Police Traffic Unit, AKP Anjar Maulana, said the effort was made because the queue for vehicles until Sunday, September 15 evening had spread.

"We will direct motorists to the alternative Jonggol or Sukabumi route to avoid total traffic jams on the Puncak route during the long holiday after Monday, it is predicted that current congestion will occur from morning to Monday night," he said in Cianjur Sunday, September 15, which was confiscated by Antara.

He explained that the volume of vehicles entering the Puncak-Cianjur area was quite high since Saturday, September 14 morning, with the aim of tourist attractions and hotels which were abundant along the Puncak to Cipanas route.

Since Sunday, September 15 morning, traffic flow in the Puncak area has experienced queues of vehicles from both directions, which are dominated by Jabodetabek police, until Sunday afternoon the high volume of passing vehicles has caused long queues at points prone to traffic jams such as the Hanjawar and Cibodas T-junctions.

"The high volume of vehicles can be seen in the parking lot of hotels and restaurants along the Puncak to Cipanas route which is quite crowded and even full, and it is predicted that immigrants will return home on Monday during the long holiday of the Prophet Muhammad's Birthday," he said.

During the end of the long holiday Monday, September 16, he said, his party predicted that the volume of vehicles passing on the Puncak route would experience a fairly high increase, so that a number of current engineering would be implemented starting from blocking to closing the flow and one-way systems.

When the queue tail of more than five kilometers continues to lengthen, according to him, his party will coordinate with the Bogor Resort Police to carry out a one-way open and close system, even the closure of the route from Cianjur to Puncak will be enforced starting from the Gentur Light Monument, By Pass-Cianjur.

"The nature is situational when the queue continues to lengthen, the closure of the flow will be carried out so that drivers with the aim of Jabodetabek from Cianjur are directed to alternative routes for Jonggol and Sukabumi," he said.

He appealed to motorists to comply with officers' recommendations to avoid traffic jams, not to force themselves to cross the Puncak route when the peak backflow of this long holiday this weekend.


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