Riders Stuck In Line Up To 2 Hours On The Puncak-Cianjur Line

The volume of vehicles on the Puncak-Cianjur route, West Java, continued to lengthen with vehicles stopping for several tens of minutes, so that the tail of the queue continued to lengthen, Monday (16/5/2022). (ANTARA/Ahmad Fikri).

CIANJUR - Motorists were stuck in line for up to two hours on the Puncak-Cianjur route, West Java, due to the high volume of vehicles from both directions, so that flow engineering to a one-way system was carried out.

According to Antara's observations, Monday, May 16, the queue of vehicles stopped and lengthened as tourist attractions in the Puncak-Cipanas area closed, so that the volume of vehicles on the Puncak main route continued to increase towards Bogor.

Dozens of officers and queuing teams were dispatched to anticipate total traffic jams along the route, and even diversion of traffic to alternative routes along the Puncak-Cianjur route to suppress the snaking queues of vehicles.

The tail of the queue of vehicles leading to Bogor continues to extend to Jalan Raya Cugenang-Cianjur or 18 kilometers from the Bogor-Cianjur border, so the Cianjur Police are coordinating with the Bogor Police to implement a one-way system as a last resort to break the queue.

Cianjur Police Chief, AKBP Doni Hermawan said that since two days the volume of vehicles crossing the Puncak-Cianjur main route has increased with the number per hour of more than 500 four-wheeled vehicles and 300 two-wheeled vehicles heading to Bogor.

On the other hand, from the direction of Bogor to Cianjur, per hour the vehicles that pass reach 300 four-wheeled vehicles and 200 two-wheeled vehicles with the aim of visiting a number of tourist objects in Puncak-Cipanas and staying in touch.

"Vehicles destined for Bogor are dominated by migrants who return from their trips to mingle with a small number of travelers returning to their respective cities, such as Jabodetabek. We have carried out flow engineering efforts, including a one-way system to break the queue," he said.

It is not yet clear how long the one-way system will be in place because the volume of vehicles is still high with queues of more than 15 kilometers. "Situationally because this is the last day of the long holiday weekend, the one-way system may be carried out until the evening," he said.