Hari Raya 2025: 2.77 Million Vehicles Expected on Major Expressways

Over 2.77 million vehicles are expected to be on major highways per day during this Hari Raya Aidilfitri festive season.

The Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) anticipates a surge in traffic, to 2.77 million vehicles per day on major expressways, during the upcoming Hari Raya Aidilfitri holiday.

According to its official statement, LLM said that an estimated 2.1 million vehicles will use expressways under PLUS Group, followed by 216,000 on the KL-Karak Expressway (KLK), 176,000 on the West Coast Expressway (WCE), 156,000 on the East Coast Expressway 1 (LPT1), and 70,000 on LPT2 during peak days of this festive period.

The authority also said that traffic departing from the Klang Valley area towards the east coast, northern, and southern regions is expected to surge, starting this Thursday (Mar 27), factoring in the Education Ministry's additional school holidays from Apr 2 to 4. Meanwhile, return traffic to the capital is anticipated to peak on Apr 5 and 6, where the school session is slated to begin again on Apr 7.

To ease congestion during the festive season, LLM has implemented several measures, including prohibiting highway lane closures by concessionaires, except for emergency works, from Mar 24 to Apr 7.

Additionally, smart lanes have also been activated at 28 key locations along the PLUS expressway. Motorists travelling through these areas can utilise the emergency lanes as an alternative route during congestion and are advised to adhere to the provided traffic signs. On top of that, commercial vehicles carrying goods are prohibited from using these major expressways from Mar 29 to 30 and Apr 5 to 6.

Folks who are travelling back home during this festive period are also encouraged to plan their journeys, using the MyPLUS-TTA application for travelling along the PLUS Expressway, while motorists plying KLK and LPT1 are advised to use the Travel Time Advisory (TTA) by AFA Prime.

Travellers can also obtain real-time traffic updates or incident reports from LLM's official social media channels or alternatively contact the LLM Traffic Management Centre at 1-800-88-7752, which operates 24 hours a day from Mar 28 to Apr 6.

Source: Bernama