Malaysians, please take note! Starting from today until Sunday (Nov 18 to 22), several roads in downtown Kuala Lumpur will be CLOSED to make way for the 27th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits 2015.
The traffic police will be controlling traffic between 7am and 11.30pm. However, on Saturday, they will close the roads in stages from 7.40am till 9am. On the same day, the roads will be closed from 7.15pm to 8.50pm to make way for the gala dinner.
Routes that are affected include Jalan Binjai/Persiaran KLCC, Jalan Imbi/Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan Imbi/Jalan Bukit Bintang, Jalan Raja Chulan/Jalan Bukit Bintang, Jalan Kia Peng/Lorong Perak, Jalan Raja Chulan/Lorong Perak, Jalan Nagasari/Jalan Raja Chulan, Jalan Sultan Ismail/Jalan Ampang, Jalan Ampang/Jalan Binjai, Jalan Sultan Ismail/Jalan P. Ramlee and Jalan Raja Chulan/Persiaran Raja Chulan. On top of that, routes coming from KLIA and the TUDM Airport in Subang will also be affected.
Alternatively, motorists can use Jalan Kia Peng/Jalan Stonor, Jalan Tun Razak, Lorong Lumba Kuda, Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, Jalan Raja Chulan/Tun Perak, Jalan Hang Tuah and Jalan Pudu – to reach their destination.
If you can, avoid KL downtown at all costs this weekend!