150km-long traffic jam from Rawang to Gopeng, says PLUS

By BERNAMA | 1 May 2022


KUALA LUMPUR: Traffic congestion that stretched to 150km was reported as at 1pm on North-South Expressway (PLUS) from Rawang northwards to Gopeng due to an increase in the volume of vehicles as more people travel either to their hometowns to celebrate Aidilfitri or go on holiday.

A spokesman of PLUS said that the traffic from Slim River to Sungkai was among the most affected routes and road users are advised to plan their journey well.

In the south, traffic congestion was also reported for 12km from Bandar Ainsdale to Seremban and Putra Mahkota to Nilai (8km).

"Traffic in other areas heading south is still smooth and under control except from Skudai to Senai Utara which is moving slowly," the spokesman told Bernama.

Meanwhile, traffic flow from Kuantan to Kuala Terengganu was reported to be generally smooth and only a 1.3-km congestion was reported before the Kuala Terengganu Toll Plaza exit towards the city centre.

Traffic is also smooth from Karak Toll Plaza to Kuantan in both directions.

The public can obtain the latest traffic information from the toll-free Plusline at 1800-88-0000 and Twitter account at www.twitter.com/plustrafik or the Malaysia Highway Authority toll-free line at 1-800-88-7752 and Twitter account at www.twitter.com/LLMinfotrafik.

The Road Transport Department (JPJ) was also kept busy as a total of 5,021 of the 750,903 vehicles that went through the Automated Awareness Safety System (Awas) cameras on highways on Friday were found breaking speed limits.

The enforcement agency said in a statement on Saturday that out of  236,671 vehicles which passed through Awas cameras at traffic lights, 966 of them, were found running the red light.

According to the statement, 29 Awas cameras were to monitor speeding, and 16 Awas cameras to monitor traffic lights went into full operation from Friday.

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