HEAVY TRAFFIC SLOWS DOWN TRAFFIC FLOW AT MAJOR HIGHWAYS

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 (Bernama) -- An increase in vehicles on the road today

has resulted in slow traffic at some of the major highways in the country,

including the East Coast Expressway, especially from Bentong to Gombak.

The Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) in its twitter page reported a steady

increase in traffic from Bentong in Pahang to Gombak in Selangor.

Meanwhile, the Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (PLUS) twitter page reported

that an accident at Km355.6 of the northbound stretch of Slim River-Sungkai had

caused traffic congestion along both directions.

PLUS also reported an increase in the number of traffic from Ayer Hitam to

Yong Peng in Johor.

An accident was also reported in the PLUS twitter page at Km274.5 near the

Nilai to Seremban highway, causing traffic congestion.

PLUS and LLM advised motorists to drive carefully and observe traffic rules

and regulations while on the road.

--BERNAMA

MAMA HK JRL