KUALA LUMPUR: Heavy traffic is expected on several highways as many return home after the Chinese New Year celebrations.
Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department director Comm Datuk Seri Mat Kasim Karim said the department expects traffic to reach two million vehicles on the North-South Expressway , 150,000 vehicles on the East Coast Expressway 1 and 200,000 vehicles on the Kuala Lumpur-Karak route on Tuesday .
"As of noon, traffic on the North-South Expressway reached 1.18 million vehicles followed by 115,158 vehicles on LPT1 and 160,000 along Kuala Lumpur-Karak," he said in a statement. Several highways and routes are expected to be congested from Tuesday afternoon until late night, he said. The locations are the main routes to Kuala Lumpur such as Gombak and Sungai Besi toll plazas as well as the Karak-Bentong Expressway .
Other areas involved are Slim River and the Changkat Jering -Ipoh routes along the NSE and at Elite Expressway ."Follow traffic regulations and don't switch on the hazard lights if it is raining heavily.He also reminded the public to store highway hotline numbers of the police as a preparation in case there is an emergency.Article type: free
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