A number of roads in Kuala Lumpur (KL) will be closed this weekend (November 12-13, 2022).
This is due to the staging of the Kuala Lumpur Standard Chartered Marathon (KLSCM) 2022, an international event which will see 34,000 local and international runners take to the streets of KL.
The race has 4 categories: 5 kilometers (km), 10 kilometers (km), 21 kilometers (km) half marathon, and 42 kilometers (km) full marathon and will start at 6am on Saturday (Nov 12, 2022).
The AKLEH and DUKE will also be closed for 12 hours from 11pm Saturday (Nov 12) to 11am Sunday (Nov 13).
For more detailed information on the road closures and their respective timings, please refer to these road closure flyer and map.
Using public transportation
Race participants and members of the public are advised to use public transportation and for their convenience, selected LRT and MRT services will be complimentary from 4:30am on Saturday (Nov 12) and 1:30 am on Sunday (Nov 13), and will run at intervals of 15 minutes, courtesy of organizer Dirigo Events.
Please refer to this link to find out which stations are part of the complimentary service: https://www.kl-marathon.com/race-info/public-transportation-services/
All road closures will be done in stages and everything should return to normal by 11am Sunday (Nov 13).
Do take note and plan your weekend well. Good luck to all runners too!
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This post first appeared on WORLD OF BUZZ.