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Bogor Police deploy 270 personnel to manage long-weekend traffic
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Cars line up to enter the Gadog intersection in Puncak, Bogor regency, on Saturday, the start of a long weekend. (Antara/Yulius Satria Wijaya)
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he Bogor Police deployed 270 personnel to manage traffic on the Puncak and Bogor-Ciawi-Sukabumi routes on Saturday, the first day of the long weekend. Monday is a national holiday to observe the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday.
Bogor Police chief Adj. Dr. Comr. AM Dicky Gading Pastika said Saturday as quoted by kompas.com that Bogor regency was a tourist destination and he anticipated a surge in traffic, especially from Jakarta, traveling to the area this long weekend.
“The high enthusiasm of people from various places to go to Puncak and Bogor causes a surge in motor vehicle volume,” Dicky said.
He said personnel were stationed in several congestion-prone areas like the Ciawi intersection, Gadog intersection, Cisarua Market intersection and Taman Safari intersection.
The volume of traffic passing through the Ciawi toll gate continued to increase since Saturday morning, dominated by private vehicles and tour buses. The queue of vehicles moving toward the Ciawi exit was 3 kilometers long as of noon on Saturday. (evi)
