Unraveling Congestion, Cimahi Police Satlantas Perform 26 Times One Way

Cimahi Police Police officers regulate traffic in their jurisdiction/VOI/dok.polisi

CIMAHI - A total of 26 times the One Way scheme was carried out by the Cimahi Police Traffic Unit. The goal is to unravel the traffic jam from Lembang to Bandung.

Kasatlantas Polres Cimahi, AKP Sudirianto said that since entering D+3 Lebaran the Lembang area, West Bandung Regency, West Java began to fill with vehicles.

It was recorded that from Thursday morning until last night, as many as 18 thousand vehicles were towed to Bandung with a one-way scheme.

“This means that the return flow (of travelers) has started. Likewise the return flow of tourist vehicles. Since morning (5/5), 26 one-way operations have been carried out," said Sudirianto when confirmed, Friday, May 6.

Sudirianto explained that the density of vehicles was due to the mixing of vehicles intending to return home for Eid with traveling in Lembang. This has made his party carry out the one-way scheme up to tens of times.

"The amount of backflow from this tour is mixed with the backflow of Eid homecoming from Subang via Jalan Raya Lembang. " he said.

Meanwhile, regarding the density that occurs on the Arterial Route from the direction of Bandung City, it has an impact on density in a number of alternative routes such as Chideung, he said that his party carried out traffic engineering at that location. This is intended to reduce congestion in the area.

"To break down the density at that point, his party has alerted a jamming team and disposed of tourist vehicles that lead to Lembang," he said.

In addition, for vehicles from Lembang to Cimahi and Padalarang to Jalan Cihideung-Sergeant Bajuri, Bandung City, his party also carried out canalization by temporarily closing the route.

"If there is a traffic jam at Colonel Masturi, the vehicle from Cisarua will be dumped into Cihanjuang, then from the Patrol direction it will also be turned to the right towards Parongpong," he said.

"For this reason, large vehicles, buses, trucks are prohibited from passing, because the condition of the width of the road is narrow, so we are restricted and even prohibited from entering," he concluded.