KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) is anticipating a surge in traffic to 2.77 million vehicles per day on major expressways during the upcoming Aidilfitri holiday.
In a statement yesterday, LLM said an estimated 2.1 million vehicles will use expressways under the PLUS Group, followed by 216,000 on the KL-Karak Expressway (KLK); 176,000 on the West Coast Expressway (WCE); 156,000 on the East Coast Expressway 1 (LPT1); and 70,000 on LPT2 during peak days of the festive period.
It said traffic departing the capital towards the east coast, northern and southern regions is expected to surge, starting today, factoring in the Education Ministry’s additional school holidays from April 2 to 4.
Meanwhile, return traffic to the capital is anticipated to peak on April 5 and 6, Bernama reported.
To ease congestion during the festive season, LLM has implemented several measures, including prohibiting highway lane closures by concessionaires, except for emergency works, from March 24 to April 7.
Motorists are encouraged to plan their journeys, using the MyPLUS-TTA application for travelling along the PLUS Expressway, while motorists plying KLK and LPT1 are advised to use the Travel Time Advisory by AFA Prime.
Real-time traffic updates or incident reports can be obtained from LLM’s social media channels or by contacting the LLM Traffic Management Centre at 1-800-88-7752, which operates round-the-clock from March 28 to April 6.
