The Puncak-Bogor Route Can Stop Completely, This Is Advice From The Cianjur Police Which Should Be Followed

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).

JAKARTA - Cianjur Police, West Java, appealed to road users heading to Bogor from Cianjur to take the alternative route of Jonggol or Sukabumi. The main line of Puncak was congested with traffic stopping for several tens of minutes.

KBO then Polres Cianjur, Iptu Yudistira in Cianjur said during the long holiday weekend, queues with the speed of vehicles seen along the main route of Puncak, the volume of vehicles arriving for tourist purposes mingled with vehicles returning latecomers.

"Since the last two days, we have seen homecoming vehicles with the aim of returning to a number of areas in Jabodetabek crossing the Puncak-Cianjur main route, so that the volume of passing vehicles has increased again with the queue lengthening until Monday evening," said Iptu Yudistira, Monday, May 16, as quoted by Antara. from Between.

To avoid total traffic jams, his party directs motorists who pass on the main Cianjur route, not to cross the Puncak route because the queue has been going on since the morning at a stuttering speed, even one day before, motorists were stuck for hours.

Motorists are directed to the alternative route Jonggol and Sukabumi because the implementation of the one-way system that has been carried out since the afternoon has not been able to dilute the 18-kilometer queue of vehicles heading towards Bogor. The volume of vehicles continues to increase on the main Puncak route after the tourist attractions are closed.

"We estimate that the peak of the return flow for the long holiday this time will occur until midnight, so the one-way system, which is implemented in the evening or at 15.00 WIB, cannot be confirmed until when," he said.

Towards the evening, the queue on the main route of Puncak still looks long with the tail of the queue in front of the Cipanas Presidential Palace.

"There is a possibility of closing the route to Puncak from Cianjur, but it is situational," he said.