Traffic builds up at major highways prior to Christmas

At a standstill: A bumper-to-bumper crawl on both sides of the Sungai Besi toll plaza at 2pm yesterday. — SS KANESAN/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas as traffic builds up at major highways. Many motorists took advantage of the toll-free day yesterday to travel for their festive break, which also coincides with the year-end school holidays.

Live traffic cams showed that traffic on northbound traffic on the North-South Expressway was congested at Rawang Selatan, Bukit Beruntung, Bukit Tagar, Simpang Pulai and Juru.