5 Km Long Queue To Merak Port, Banten Police Apply To Open And Close The Upper And Lower Cikuasa Lines

CILEGON - The Banten Regional Police implemented a road closure system in the Cikuasa Atas and Cikuasa Bawah areas, Merak Banten on Friday, April 29, noon. The effort was made to follow up on the queue situation and the density of vehicles going to the ship at Merak Harbor, Cilegon City.

The Head of Public Relations of the Banten Police, Commissioner Shinto Silitonga, said the situation was based on CCTV monitoring of the Merak Port Integrated Post at 12.30 WIB today.

"Today is the peak of the homecoming flow, observed since 12.00 WIB along 5 km of density from Km 94 to Merak Toll Gate, then there is also density on the arterial route along 9.2 km from Simpang Grogol to Merak Port", said Shinto in a statement. written, Friday 29 April.

Shinto said that currently, the conditions in the field are yellow, and officers apply a pattern of opening and closing both in Cikuasa Atas and Cikuasa Bawah, Merak, Cilegon City.

"Currently, the vehicle will continue to be pushed into the parking bag to the ship after the ship has docked and has finished unloading", Shinto explained.

He also mentioned that one of the traffic engineerings carried out was to make Cikuasa Atas Street a parking bag for vehicles that would enter the port. Meanwhile, Cikuasa Bawah Street is used as a road for vehicles leaving the port and local community activity lanes.

"Personnel have gone into the field to carry out traffic management and engineering. We will use Cikuasa Atas Street as a parking bag for vehicles going to Merak Harbor", explained Shinto.

Furthermore, Shinto also provided an update on the number of passengers on ships at the port for the period Thursday, April at 08.00 WIB to Friday, April 29, at 08.00 WIB, as many as 129,866 passengers, up 37% compared to Wednesday, April 27 as many as 94,561 passengers.

Then the number of vehicles entering from GT Cikupa to Merak on Friday was as many as 41,894 vehicles, an increase of 6% which is normally 39,397 vehicles. Then, according to the data received, the number of vehicles leaving the Merak GT to Merak Harbor on Friday was 12,714 vehicles, an increase of 105% which normally is only 6,197 vehicles.

Shinto appealed to travelers to remain patient and follow directions from officers.

"For travelers to remain patient in queuing, considering that today is the peak of the homecoming flow if travelers encounter obstacles while going home, they can contact Call Center 110", he concluded.