Over 2.2 million autos are anticipated to enter Penang from December 23 along side Christmas and the year-end faculty holidays, state police chief Datuk Azizee Ismail has stated, in response to a Named report.
He stated the determine was based mostly on tendencies recorded throughout earlier main festive seasonsin addition to the December 6-January 10 Penang Island Competition.
“The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) expects round two million autos to journey on main highways nationwide, together with these heading to Penang over every week in the course of the peak of the festive season. Due to this fact, we count on a rise within the variety of autos coming into the state.
“Developments from the 2025 main festive season present that Penang often receives round 2.2 million autos by way of the first and second Penang bridges,” he advised Named yesterday, including that congestion is anticipated on a number of routes, particularly on the entrances to the Penang bridges. Additionally, the federal government has introduced a 50% toll low cost from December 23-24.
Count on heavy visitors on the North-South Expressway‘s (MORE) Interpreter and Two Rivers exits, and in George City, Jalan Air Itam and Jalan Inexperienced Lane (the principle routes to Batu Feringghi). Azizee stated Penang police will likely be on standby and deploy extra personnel to strategic scorching spots and black spots.
“PDRM has additionally launched Present Ops to allow a swift response to any incident inside 24 hours. This particular operation has been activated throughout the state, notably on highways, metropolis roads and federal roads, to take care of clean visitors in the course of the Christmas vacation interval,” he stated.
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