6 Klang Valley highways, 25 main roads to close for Asean Summit
KUALA LUMPUR : Six highways and 25 main roads in the Klang Valley will be closed in stages from Friday until May 28, in conjunction with the Asean Summit.
Bukit Aman traffic investigation and enforcement department director Yusri Hassan Basri said the roads that would be closed included the routes to KLIA, KLCC, Istana Negara and several hotels.
The roads that will be closed are as follows:
Friday to May 26 (7am until all delegates arrive in stages)
KLIA Expressway
North-South Expressway Central Link (Elite) (KLIA-Putrajaya)
New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) (Subang-Jalan Duta)
Guthrie Corridor Expressway
North-South Expressway (PLUS) (Sg Buloh-Jalan Duta)
Maju Expressway (MEX)
Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway (Sg Besi-City Centre)
Lingkaran Putrajaya
Jalan Istana
Jalan Damansara
Jalan Tun Razak
Jalan Ampang
Jalan Sultan Ismail
Jalan Bukit Bintang
Jalan Imbi
Jalan Parlimen
Jalan Kuching
May 26 (8am until completion of arrivals; 5.30pm until completion of arrivals; and 7pm until completion of arrivals)
Intersection of Jalan Ampang-Jalan P Ramlee
Intersection of Jalan Sultan Ismail-Jalan P Ramlee
Intersection of Jalan Perak-Jalan P Ramlee
Intersection of Jalan Perak-Jalan Pinang
Intersection of Jalan Stonor-Jalan Kia Peng
Intersection of Jalan Stonor-Persiaran KLCC
May 27 (8am to 10.30am)
Intersection of Jalan Ampang-Jalan P Ramlee
Intersection of Jalan Sultan Ismail-Jalan P Ramlee
Intersection of Jalan Perak-Jalan P Ramlee
Intersection of Jalan Perak-Jalan Pinang
Intersection of Jalan Stonor-Jalan Kia Peng
Intersection of Jalan Stonor-Persiaran KLCC
May 27 (11.45am to 1pm)
Jalan Tun Razak
Jalan Mahameru
Jalan Sultan Abdul Halim
May 27 (1.45pm to 3pm)
Jalan Parlimen-Jalan Kuching
Jalan Sultan Ismail
Intersection of Jalan Sultan Ismail-Jalan P Ramlee
Intersection of Jalan Sultan Ismail-Jalan P Ramlee Intersection of Jalan Perak-Jalan P Ramlee
Intersection of Jalan Perak-Jalan Pinang
Intersection of Jalan Stonor-Jalan Kia Peng
Intersection of Jalan Stonor-Persiaran KLCC
May 28 (8am)
KLIA Expressway
Elite (KLIA-Putrajaya)
NKVE (Subang-Jalan Duta)
Guthrie Expressway
PLUS Expressway (Sg Buloh-Jalan Duta)
MEX
KL-Seremban Expressway (Sg Besi-City Centre)
Lingkaran Putrajaya
Jalan Istana
Jalan Damansara
Jalan Tun Razak
Jalan Ampang
Jalan Sultan Ismail
Jalan Bukit Bintang
Jalan Imbi
Jalan Parlimen
Jalan Kuching
Yusri said the closures would be done in phases, with each closure to last 30 minutes to enable convoys of Asean Summit participants and guests to reach their destination on time.
He advised the public not to park their vehicles indiscriminately along the roads involved in the closure to ensure smooth traffic flow.
He added that enforcement action would be taken against such vehicles, including having them towed away.
Yusri also said business vehicles and heavy vehicles are not allowed to enter the city centre from 4.30am today until May 28.
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