Kuala Lumpur, 6th March 2021 - The first day of the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) in several states yesterday saw an increase in not only highway traffic but also heightened expectations among businesses for more patrons this weekend.

In the Klang Valley, the lifting of the Movement Control Order 2.0 (MCO 2.0) and return to the more lenient CMCO saw major road arteries full of vehicles after the lifting of the interdistrict travel ban. The Federal Highway was among the stretches that experienced a large increase in traffic with longer travel times compared with the MCO period.

Kuala Lumpur Police's Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Head, ACP Tuan Zulkefly Yahya said that from 6am to 2pm yesterday, there was a 20 per cent increase in vehicular traffic at the Sungai Besi and Kajang toll plazas.

"There was an estimated 70 per cent increase in vehicles in the city centre over the same period."

On Tuesday, Senior Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that the MCO in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Penang would be replaced with the CMCO starting yesterday until March 18. Apart from lifting the ban on interdistrict travel, a number of activities which had been prohibited during the MCO are now allowed under the CMCO.

Read further on New Straits Times article as attached.

Source: New Straits Times

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