Head of the Public Information Section of the National Police's Public Relations Division, Kombes Nurul Azizah, conducted air monitoring along the Cikopo-Palimana (Cipali) toll road in Purwakarta Regency, West Java, Friday, December 23.
The monitoring was carried out using the AW-169 Dirpolairud Baharkam Polri helicopter, which was flown from Bhayangkara Field at 08.15 WIB to the Cikopo toll road at 09.30 WIB, the traffic flow along the road was observed to be busy smoothly.
"We see that the traffic smooth situation tends to be sloping, smooth to the position at the entrance to the MBZ Toll Road," he said as quoted by Antara.
There were a few queues of vehicles coming out of the Muhammad Bin Zayed Toll Road, starting from the position of KM 47. After, at km 57 the traffic conditions went smoothly up to the Cipali toll gate. “ In front of the Cipali toll gate, it was still empty,” he said.
Although the traffic flow situation is still being monitored smoothly, police officers and relevant stakeholders involved in the 2022 Candle Operation for Christmas and New Year's security 2023 have prepared anticipatory steps in the event of traffic congestion, including in the event of an accident.
“ To anticipate, of course, the colleagues on duty here (Purwakarta) have prepared what steps will be taken preventively related to the weather which is quite less friendly. The public is also advised to be careful when driving during bad weather,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Head of the Purwakarta Regency Transportation Service, Iwan Soeroso, said that there had been an increase in the volume of vehicles on the Cipali toll road but it was not significant, which was 15 to 20 percent.
According to him, there has been no increase in traffic flow because there are still people who come to work and children who receive reports. The increase in traffic flow is predicted to occur next Friday before the turn of the year.
"Our prediction is that the upcoming Friday is not this week, because we are monitoring through the vehicle flow counter that we store in our office, we calculate the increase is around 15 to 20 percent but at certain hours," he said.
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