Heavy traffic towards KL as city people return home after Raya

KUALA LUMPUR – Major highways heading to the capital are experiencing severe traffic congestion due to the high number of vehicles as city dwellers begin to return to their homes after spending their Hari Raya Aidilfitri holidays in their hometowns.

According to a Malaysian Highway Authority spokesman as of 10pm, traffic heading to Kuala Lumpur in the northern region on the North-South Expressway (PLUS) was reported to be congested from Alor Star until the Sg Petani (South) toll plaza in Kedah. 

In Perak, traffic is congested in Bukit Merah towards Changkat Jering, Bukit Berapit towards the Menora Tunnel, Ipoh to Gopeng, and from Tapah to Sungkai.

3.31am🔹PLUS@E1 : Aliran trafik tinggi di laluan berikut;
➡Arah Selatan
🟥 RnR Bukit Gantang – RnR Sg.Perak (21.8 km)
🟥 Ipoh Selatan - Hentian Spg. Pulai (7.2 km)
🟧 Hentian Ladang Bikam – Slim River (18.2 km) pic.twitter.com/wpNCk6Em8M

— LLM Trafik 🇲🇾 (@LLMinfotrafik) May 4, 2022

“In the south, traffic on the PLUS highway is congested in Johor from Pagoh to Jasin, Melaka and Simpang Ampat to Seremban in Negri Sembilan, while traffic from the east coast towards Kuala Lumpur is congested on the Karak highway to Bentong until Lentang, also at the Gombak toll plaza towards Kuala Lumpur,” he said.

He added that for northbound traffic, there was congestion on the PLUS highway from Tapah to Ipoh, the Menora Tunnel to Bukit Berapit, and Bandar Baharu to Jawi, while jams were beginning to build up for southbound traffic from Pagoh to Yong Peng and Simpang Renggam to Kulai. – Bernama, May 5, 2022