KALIBARU – The southern route that passes through Mount Gumitir was jammed again yesterday (5/6). No half-hearted this time the main route that connects Banyuwangi-Jember experienced traffic jams for up to nine hours. The traffic jam was triggered by a trailer truck carrying sugarcane that overturned west of Watu Gong.
The condition got worse at 23.00 a truck carrying LPG gas got stuck at a sharp bend not far from the overturned truck. The truck overturned and got stuck, Traffic on the southbound route was jammed. Long queues of vehicles were visible.
New at 07.00 Four-wheeled vehicles are starting to be able to pass with an open-close system. Kapolsek Kalibaru AKP Bambang Suprapto through Kanitlantas Ipda Lipur said, the cause of the traffic jam is in the jurisdiction of the Jember Police.
His party only helps to parse and report to related parties. When the traffic jams started to happen at midnight, bright Lipur, his party has conveyed to officers at Ketapang Port that vehicles going to Jember should make a detour via Situbondo.
“Last night (last night) we will inform you immediately, It is better for large vehicles to pass through Situbondo or stop first,He said. Besides that, it's clear, Kalibaru Police officers also stopped every vehicle going to Jember. They were asked to stop because the road in Gumitir was jammed.
“All our vehicles are asked to park below," he said. This step was taken to avoid long queues of vehicles on Mount Gumitir. This was done in order to avoid long traffic jams. “The queue is quite long," he said. A number of road users who are stuck in traffic jams ask about the function of the scales in Kalibaru.
Vehicles that have often had accidents are usually caused by overloading. “The sugar cane truck is like a transportation object, how come it got off the weighbridge?,said Edi Suprayitno, 36, residents of Karangdoro Village, Tegalsari District. The Kalibaru weighbridge officer said that all trucks transporting goods are always weighed strictly.
If there is a vehicle carrying goods exceeding the tonnage, then follow the rules. “Everything has been arranged using an online system,said the officer who refused to publish his name. The employee who claimed to live in Jember Regency conveyed, vehicles whose loads exceed capacity are asked to go home. Only, the vehicle is usually reckless to continue its journey. "We don't have the authority to chase the vehicle,the excuse. (radar)
