KUALA LUMPUR: Klang Valley residents have started to ply the highways to get back to their hometown for Aidiladha and the week-long school holiday break.

A PLUS Malaysia Berhad spokesman said that as at 5pm, the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) was witnessing traffic slow-down from before the Jalan Duta toll plaza onwards to Bukit Lanjan, Shah Alam to Dataran Prima and Subang to Shah Alam.

The situation was reported to be the same from Rawang Selatan to Rawang Utara, Slim River to Sungkai, Tapah to Gopeng and Gopeng to Simpang Pulai.

In the south, it was likewise from Seremban to Senawang, Senawang to Port Dickson, Kulai to Sedenak, Skudai to Kulai, from Singapore to Bangunan Sultan Iskandar and Bangunan Sultan Abu Bakar (Linkedua).

The same situation was reported for eastbound traffic starting from the Gombak toll plaza to Genting Sempah’s rest stop and Bukit Tinggi to Bentong’s toll plaza.

Traffic on Lebuhraya Pantai Timur (LPT) 1 and LPT 2 was reported to be smooth.

More information on the latest traffic situation on highways in the peninsula can be obtained by calling Plusline at 1800-88-0000 or www.twitter.com/plustrafik, or LLM’s hotline 1800-88-7752 and at www.twitter.com/llminfotrafik. — Bernama