26 roads to close for marathon

KUALA LUMPUR: Twenty-six roads in the city will be closed on Sunday from 3am to noon for the Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon 2018.

The event is expected to attract 38,000 participants.

The roads closed include Jalan Raja, Jalan TAR, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan Ampang, Jalan P. Ramlee, Jalan Raja Chulan, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Jalan Tun Razak, Jalan Kuching, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim (Duta), Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz (HKL), Jalan Raja Abdullah, Jalan Langgak Tunku, Jalan Bukit Tunku, Jalan Tunku, Jalan Tun Ismail, Jalan Datuk Onn, Jalan Sultan Sallehudin, Jalan Parlimen, Jalan Damansara, Jalan Kinabalu, Jalan Sultan Hishamudin, Jalan Parlimen, AKLEH Highway, DUKE Highway and Sultan Iskandar Highway.

City police chief Commissioner Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim said the roads will be re-opened in stages from 11.30am.

“The public are advised to avoid using those roads, they can also use Waze to find alternate routes should they want to come into the city centre,” he said yesterday.

Mazlan said the Duke Highway would be closed from 2.30am to 11.30am.

He said 400 police personnel and KL City Hall officers would be deployed on Sunday to ease traffic flow.

Prasarana Berhad will start its LRT and MRT services at 2am and 6am respectively.

For details, go to www.kl-marathon. com or call 03-20719777.