The police have implemented traffic engineering in the form of diverting large vehicles at the Cikereteg Bridge, Ciawi, Bogor Regency, West Java (West Java). At that location, the potential for collapse is very high.
"In order to avoid landslides that cause human and vehicle casualties, we are engineering traffic by limiting the number of vehicles passing through the Cikereteg Bridge," said Bogor Police Chief AKBP Iman Imanuddin, in Bogor, Sunday, December 4.
He explained that large vehicles heading to Sukabumi were directed to enter the Rancamaya Toll Gate and Ciawi Toll Gate. Meanwhile, large vehicles that lead otherwise are directed to enter the Cigombong Toll Gate and Caringin Toll Gate.
"So that vehicles with large tonnage do not go through the Cikereteg Bridge," he said, quoted by Antara.
Iman explained that two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles can still pass on the Bogor-Sukabumi Cross Road but alternately.
On the one hand, the police also apply traffic engineering in the form of an opening and closing system for vehicles wishing to pass.
"Open and close both from Sukabumi to Bogor and Bogor to Sukabumi in turn. We do this to reduce the burden on this bridge itself," said Iman.
The Bogor Resort Police also assigned its members from the Traffic Unit and Ciawi Police to assist in the process of carrying out traffic engineering in the area around the Cikereteg Bridge.
The bridge with a length of about 50 meters and a height of about 25 meters, said Iman, experienced an avalanche in the bottom of the construction section on Saturday, December 3. This condition caused nearly a quarter of the roads to be eroded by landslides.
"The reason is that the condition of the soil was carried away by the water splashes below, so the bridge was staked in hanging from half the body, because the soil was carried away by water," he also said.
He said the Bogor Resort Police had written to the Bogor Regency Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUPR) Office to make improvements. Then, the letter was immediately responded to with efforts to coordinate with the Ministry of PUPR, because Jalan Raya Bogor-Sukabumi has the status of a national road.
He appealed to road users on the Cikereteg Bridge to remain careful and comply with instructions from officers who regulate traffic.
"For private vehicles please be careful, follow what are the arrangements of our officers in the field, for our common safety," said Iman.
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