No Accidents
BANYUWANGI – Jajag-Banyuwangi Traditional Hike (Trajaba) going lively. The flow of participants who walk the distance 45 kilometers lasted almost all night until early morning yesterday (2/9). Besides that, Trajaba's festivities in the context of the 67th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence of the Republic of Indonesia also had an impact on traffic flow in Bumi Blambangan.
Two- and four-wheeled vehicles packed the annual event route. The density of traffic flow does not only occur in the heart of Gandrung City. The shaft road along the Trajaba route is closed to four-wheeled vehicles. This condition resulted in a backlog of vehicles starting from Jajag Village in Gambiran District; Cluring District, Srono, Rogojampi, to Kabat District. “The existing alternative routes are inadequate,"said Head of Banyuwangi Police Traffic Unit AKP Lukman Cahyono.
To reduce the pile of vehicles, actually an alternative route has been made. Vehicles from the south will enter the city, diverted to the west of the Indomaret T-junction to Sumberejo sub-district. "Vehicles going south, from Sobo we throw it to the east,Lukman Kasatlantas said. Attempts to avoid traffic jams, Luqman said, also carried out by installing a bulletin board at Ketapang Port.
In the announcement, conveyed to residents who will travel to Jember are advised to pass through Situbondo. According to Lukman, the stagnant flow of traffic began to hit 13.00 last Saturday (1/9). Conditions of traffic flow began to return to normal at around 01.00 yesterday morning (2/9). In the early hours of that morning, most of the Trajaba participants who departed from Jajag Village had already entered the city.
From the monitoring of journalists Jawa Pos Radar Banyuwangi, accumulation of vehicles not only in the city center. Until then 22.00, Vehicles are still crawling on the Rogojampi sub-district highway to the Kabat sub-district. On the highway in front of Pasar Rogojampi, congested traffic flow. "Even though it was jammed, all were safe and no one had an accident,"said Kasatlantas Lukman. (radar)
