The route to Gilimanuk Port in Jembrana District, Bali, has begun\nshowing a significant increase in activity ahead of the Lebaran mudik\n(mass exodus) period. Traffic monitoring on Friday (13 March 2026)\nafternoon revealed logistics vehicle queues stretching to the Bali Barat\nNational Park area (known as Hutan Cekik).<\/p>\n
The end of the queue extended approximately 5 kilometres from the\nport. The vehicles dominating the queue were logistics transportation,\nranging from small, medium, and large trucks to articulated lorries.\nThis condition had persisted since Thursday (12 March 2026) evening.<\/p>\n
Firman (44), a logistics truck driver from Situbondo, revealed he had\nto exercise patience facing the long congestion. He had been trapped in\nthe queue for more than four hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been stuck in traffic since this morning. I\u2019ve only just\nreached the front of Al-Mubarok Mosque. I want to go home for mudik, and\nI was also trying to complete my final delivery to avoid the vehicle\nrestrictions during the mudik period,\u201d Firman said when interviewed.<\/p>\n
Jembrana Police Chief AKBP Kadek Citra Dewi Suparwati explained that\nthe vehicle congestion was triggered by a surge in the volume of\nlogistics vehicles attempting to exit Bali. As a preventive measure,\npolice began operating through all residential alleyways to relieve\ncongestion.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe operation runs from today until 25 March. On the main route, the\nqueue is dominated by cargo vehicles, most of which are already empty,\nso they are just returning to Java,\u201d Citra said.<\/p>\n
To prevent total congestion, Jembrana Police have prepared several\nparking pocket areas for logistics trucks. This step was taken to ensure\nprivate vehicles belonging to mudik travellers do not become trapped in\nthe long queue.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have already implemented containment measures starting from\nPekutatan, Kaliakah, to Cekik Timbang Bridge. If the logistics truck\nqueue becomes too long, it will hinder private vehicles (mudik\ntravellers), so we contain them first,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n
In contrast to the slow-moving logistics trucks, the flow of small\nvehicles and motorcycles remained relatively smooth. To date, no\nsignificant congestion has been observed on the dedicated routes for\ntwo-wheeled or four-wheeled mudik vehicles.<\/p>\n
Citra also mentioned that full channelling has been implemented in\nthe Cargo Terminal area for small vehicles. \u201cFor small vehicles,\nchannelling has been set up in the cargo terminal area to ease the\nqueue. We are already using three lanes leading to the port,\u201d she\nconcluded.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/heavy-mudik-traffic-logistics-trucks-queue-for-5-kilometres-to-hutan-cekik-1773388316", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }